Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

[D.J.]

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I've been able to convert all html in a folder to Markdown using:

find ./ -iname "*.html" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o 
"${0%.html}.md"' {} \;

I'm now trying to convert all pdf in a folder to Markdown using a similar 
approach:

find ./ -iname "*.pdf" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o 
"${0%.html}.md"' {} \;

All that happens when I trigger the same for pdf conversion is terminal 
then says:  

dquote>

The PDF isn't converted to Markdown. I'm a terminal/Pandoc newb so maybe 
it's different for PDF? I have installed Mactex using Brew install librsvg 
python homebrew/cask/basictex

*Do I have to do a full pdflatex install, or is there a better formula 
here? Thanks!*

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AW: Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

[denis.maier-NSENcxR/0n0]

Pandoc converts to pdf not from pdf

See https://pandoc.org/

PDF

    → via pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint, prince, pagedjs-cli, context, or pdfroff.

Denis

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I've been able to convert all html in a folder to Markdown using:

find ./ -iname "*.html" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o "${0%.html}.md"' {} \;

I'm now trying to convert all pdf in a folder to Markdown using a similar approach:

find ./ -iname "*.pdf" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o "${0%.html}.md"' {} \;

All that happens when I trigger the same for pdf conversion is terminal then says:

dquote>

The PDF isn't converted to Markdown. I'm a terminal/Pandoc newb so maybe it's different for PDF? I have installed Mactex using Brew install librsvg python homebrew/cask/basictex

Do I have to do a full pdflatex install, or is there a better formula here? Thanks!

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Re: Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

['Saku Laesvuori' via pandoc-discuss]

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> I'm now trying to convert all pdf in a folder to Markdown using a similar 
> approach:

Pandoc can't convert from pdf (see `pandoc --list-input-formats`). 

> 
> find ./ -iname "*.pdf" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o 
> "${0%.html}.md"' {} \;
> 
> All that happens when I trigger the same for pdf conversion is terminal 
> then says:  
> 
> dquote>

This means that the shell is expecting a closing double quote (").

> 
> *Do I have to do a full pdflatex install, or is there a better formula 
> here? Thanks!*

pdflatex is used to convert *to* pdf, it can't be used to convert from
pdf. You could try to use `pdftotext` from poppler to extract text from
a pdf file, but it converts to plain text, not markdown.

Re: Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

[Bastien DUMONT]

You may be interested by https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown

Le Monday 09 May 2022 à 07:10:02PM, D.J. a écrit :
> I've been able to convert all html in a folder to Markdown using:
> 
> find ./ -iname "*.html" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o "${0%.html}.md"'
> {} \;
> 
> I'm now trying to convert all pdf in a folder to Markdown using a similar
> approach:
> 
> find ./ -iname "*.pdf" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o "${0%.html}.md"'
> {} \;
> 
> All that happens when I trigger the same for pdf conversion is terminal then
> says: 
> 
> dquote>
> 
> The PDF isn't converted to Markdown. I'm a terminal/Pandoc newb so maybe it's
> different for PDF? I have installed Mactex using Brew install librsvg python
> homebrew/cask/basictex
> 
> Do I have to do a full pdflatex install, or is there a better formula here?
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: Converting all PDF in a folder to Markdown quick question

[D.J.]

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Aha, missed the not converting from part. Will try with one of the other 
tools. Thank you all for your responses!

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 1:10:15 AM UTC-7 Bastien Dumont wrote:

> You may be interested by https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown
>
> Le Monday 09 May 2022 à 07:10:02PM, D.J. a écrit :
> > I've been able to convert all html in a folder to Markdown using:
> > 
> > find ./ -iname "*.html" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o 
> "${0%.html}.md"'
> > {} \;
> > 
> > I'm now trying to convert all pdf in a folder to Markdown using a similar
> > approach:
> > 
> > find ./ -iname "*.pdf" -type f -exec sh -c 'pandoc "${0}" -o 
> "${0%.html}.md"'
> > {} \;
> > 
> > All that happens when I trigger the same for pdf conversion is terminal 
> then
> > says: 
> > 
> > dquote>
> > 
> > The PDF isn't converted to Markdown. I'm a terminal/Pandoc newb so maybe 
> it's
> > different for PDF? I have installed Mactex using Brew install librsvg 
> python
> > homebrew/cask/basictex
> > 
> > Do I have to do a full pdflatex install, or is there a better formula 
> here?
> > Thanks!
> > 
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