[wplug] pdf text search

[Tim Quinlan]

I've done this with htdig on an intranet search engine.
http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q4.9

 It uses some utilities from xpdf, so you may just be able to use
pdftotext on its own.

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:16, Doug Green wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to do keyword searching within .pdf file 
> directories? I keep digital files (.pdf files) of the journal articles 
> I have read. When I want to reference something, it would be nice to be 
> able to query the library with a keyword search. I have Acrobat (full 
> version), but it won't descend into directories... and that wouldn't be 
> a very sporting topic for wplug anyways. Any ideas??
> 
> Thanks!
> Doug
> 
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