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

Question

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

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

Take a look at CAM :: PDF .

You can use this module to pull text.

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