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How can I find my pdf files?

Got about 500 pdf files, only one of those have a keyword, how can I find it quickly w/o manually looking?

  • I have 500 .pdf files, only one of those have the keyword I am looking for (Not filename), for example the word is: "abracadabra". Will be an exhaustive task opening each file individually and making CTR + F, so I am wondering if is there a software that could make the process in just one click by scanning all the files at speed of light and searching the targeted keyword ? Actually I do know softwares that can do this with .html and .txt, so I am wondering if is there a software designed for searching words in pdf files.

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    pdftotext(1) NAME pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter (version 3.00) SYNOPSIS pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] DESCRIPTION Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. So, then... for FILE in *.pdf; do pdftotext $FILE - | grep -l -i YOUR_COOL_KEYWORD; done ... that will give you a list of all the pdf files in one directory that contain that keyword.

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You can use the most current version of adobe reader for your search. Follow these steps. All your pdf's must be in the same directory for this to work. 1. Open any pdf file in your directory of files with adobe reader. 2. Once pdf is open press SHIFT+CTRL+F 3. In the new search window click on "All PDF Documents in" and pick the folder your pdf's are in. 4. Insert your keyword and press search. These instructions are using Adobe Reader X

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