How can I search PDF?

Question

Hi, Im doing a small project in C++ in LINUX PLATFORM.i need to search 10 or more PDF files and find required data.how can i do so?. i will make my question more clear with following eg

suppose i have ten text books all about c++ and i need info about the topic array and how i can search the pdf and find data?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Read this pdftotext

If you actually want to write code to do then you'll probably have to learn of to navigate the internals of a PDF file. There have been some answers on how to do that for example one pointing to this article which on the 2nd page has the code in C for a basic PDF parser xtractpro