Convert a batch of pdf files into a single text dump

batchpdftotext

#!/bin/bash

##---------------------------------------------------------------------##
## Convert a batch of pdf files into a single text dump                ##
## @author Toby Miller <tobius.miller@gmail.com>                       ##
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## setup: brew install xpdf                                            ##
## usage: cd pdffolder && batchpdftotext [out.txt]                     ##
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if [[ -z "$1" ]]
then
    find . -type f -name '*.pdf' -exec pdftotext -raw {} /dev/stdout \;
else
    (find . -type f -name '*.pdf' -exec pdftotext -raw {} /dev/stdout \;) > "$1"
fi