Haven’t tried this, but I gather PDFTOTEXT takes a second parameter naming the output file. Otherwise it goes to stdout.



> On Sep 1, 2015, at 2:27 PM, 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









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