how to read pdf file in python without converting it in unix?

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pdfile=open("tutorial.pdf","r")
xyz= pdfile.readlines()
pqr=pdfile.readline()
for a in xyz:
    print a

this code doesnot display actual content. Instead it displays some question marks and boxes.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 11 '23 at 14:44

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PDF files contain formatted data, you cannot read directly,

so use pypdf module! click here https://pypi.org/project/pypdf/ Install and you can read without converting.

edited Feb 11 '23 at 14:44

Martin Thoma

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answered Sep 02 '13 at 10:14

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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A PDF file is not plain text - you can't just print its bytes to the terminal. You'd need to use a PDF-reading library (see Python PDF library for some suggestions) to read it.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Aug 07 '13 at 08:04

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 09:05

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If you are working with textual PDF files, I would suggest using PDFMiner. (A complete example can be found here: https://github.com/syllabs/pdf2text)

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how to read pdf file in python without converting it in unix?

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