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