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.TH pdfview 1
.SH NAME
pdfview \- a simple utility for viewing the text in PDFs
.SH SYNOPSIS
pdfview [options] [files]
.SH DESCRIPTION
pdfview is a simple utility for viewing the text in a PDF.
.TP
.B \-d
dehyphenates the text
.TP
.B \-e expression
Enables expression matching - only lines matching the specified
expression will be printed.
.TP
.B \-i
Enables case insensitive matching. If an expression is not
specified, this option is ignored.
.TP
.B \-c
Prints the total number of matches, instead of each matching
line. If an expression is not specified, this option is
ignored.
.TP
.B \-l
As soon as a match is found, prints the filename and stops
searching. If an expression is not specified, this option
is ignored.
.TP
.B \-L
Only print filenames if no matches are found in a file. If
an expression is not specified, this option is ignored.
.TP
.B \-n
Enables page numbering \- each line of a given pdf will be
prefixed with the filename and page number.
.TP
.B \-m
Prints the available metadata, instead of the content, for
each file.
.TP
.B \-p pages
Only the text on the specified pages numbers, if present in
the first file specified, will be printed. Only the first
specified file is processed. All other files are ignored.
The pages may be specified as a comma separated list and can
include page ranges. The specified pages are sorted and printed
in sorted order, rather than in the specified order.
.TP
.B \-q
Enables quiet mode \- error messages will not be printed.
.TP
.B \-r
enables raw mode \- no text replacements are performed
(except dehyphenation, if requested)
.TP
.B \-t
Prints the total number of matches on each page. If an
expression is not specified, this option is ignored.
.TP
.B \-T
Prints the total number of matches on each page, but skips
pages with no matches. If an expression is not specified,
this option is ignored.
.SH PLATFORMS
pdfview has been tested on MacOSX 11.x (BigSur) and 12.x
(Monterey) on M1. It should work on MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger)
and newer. Expression matching should be available on
MacOSX 10.7 (Lion) and newer.
.SH HISTORY
pdfview was written by Sriranga Veeraraghavan.