is it possible to read the text in a pdf file using perl ?

Question

I want to parse the text from a pdf file in perl without converting the pdf into any other format . Is it possible ?

Answer 1

Yes you can.

Take a look at the CAM::PDF package.

You can use this module to pull the text out.

 my $pdf = CAM::PDF->new($filename);
 my $pageone_tree = $pdf->getPageContentTree(1);
 print CAM::PDF::PageText->render($pageone_tree);