> On Sep 1, 2015, at 14:27 , SUBSCRIBE MACSCRPT Inyo55 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Using OSX Yosemite.
> I installed the PDFTOTEXT unix shell program and it works fine.....it converts non-bitmap PDF files to TEXT files.
> 
> I am trying to take the result of this conversion.....the Text file.....and use it in the next step of my Applescript.
> 
> Here is what I have for the conversion part:
> 
>   set myfile to choose file with prompt "Choose PDF to convert to TEXT"
> 
>   set myfile to myfile as alias
> 
>   do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pdftotext " & quoted form of POSIX path of myfile
> 
> The above creates the text file and puts it in the directory from where the pdf file was chosen, but I cannot "grab" the text file to use it in the next step, which is a grep search.
> 
> I tried to set an object for the result:
> 
>   set mytextfile to do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pdftotext " & quoted form of POSIX path of myfile
> 
> This did not work, nothing was returned.  Any suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> Bob Rutledge

Did you try Skim?
It is free and scriptable.
I believe Smile also reads pdf, I used to create pdf all the time.

Deivy Petrescu
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