How to count number of words in a pdf file from Linux cli
Using pdftotext: Installation: If it’s not installed, you’ll need to install the poppler-utils package which includes pdftotext. sudo apt install poppler-utils or yum install poppler-utils depending on your distribution. Usage: Once installed, you can convert a PDF to text and then count the words as follows: pdftotext input.pdf - | wc -w Here, input.pdf is your source PDF file, and wc -w counts the number of words. The - in pdftotext specifies that the output should be sent to stdout, which is then piped into wc. ...