PDFTextExtractor

PDFTextExtractor is a command-line tool written in Swift that extracts text from PDF files.

Requirements

macOS 10.13 or later
Xcode 13 or later
Swift 5.7 or later

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/jempe/PDFTextExtractor.git

Change to the project directory:

cd PDFTextExtractor

Build the project:

swift build

Usage

Run the PDFTextExtractor tool with the path to a PDF file:

./.build/debug/PDFTextExtractor /path/to/your/pdf/file.pdf

This will extract and print the text from the specified PDF file.

Note: PDFKit might not extract text from certain types of PDF files accurately, especially those containing complex layouts or non-standard fonts.

Building for Release

To build the PDFTextExtractor tool for release, follow these steps:

Build the project with optimizations enabled:

swift build --configuration release

Run the release build of the tool:

./.build/release/PDFTextExtractor /path/to/your/pdf/file.pdf