Unix pdf files

For people like me who found this and get the error "no pdftottext available" just run apt-get install pdftohtml first to get this to work. Thanks to stackoverflow.

You can do this as: pdftotext a. For ubuntu-variant, this binary is available in following package. Pandya It is possible to see a PDF file in the terminal, like so: pdftotext -layout file. When I want to "view a pdf file in terminal", that for me means that I want to actually see an uncompressed PDF, I do: pdftk in. Eric Leschinski 2, 1 1 gold badge 22 22 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. I tried the following with good results: pdftotext filname.

This works better for me on RHEL, since the lesspipe. Yet another solution May I recommend to you the ancient utility mc.

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' Richard Sonnenfeld Richard Sonnenfeld 41 1 1 bronze badge. To view a pdf without opening the file manager, you can use the -v option like this: mc -v file. One more solution is to use command gnome-open gnome-open youfile. How does this view the PDF file in the terminal? Not on terminal, but can view a pdf on issuing command from terminal. While that is true, the OP did specifically ask for a terminal-based approach.

Navigate through PDF inside emacs Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. Context Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. Pooya Pooya 2 2 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. This might be helpful, please note that: It is for macOS only.

It won't open the pdf inside the terminal window rather open a Quick look, which I find very powerful to see any file or documents quickly. Dr Neo Dr Neo 3 3 bronze badges.

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