How to count numbers from pdf
How to count numbers from pdf
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It is possible to extract pdf text and get some valuable information out of it.
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for i in $(ls *.pdf); do \
pdftotext $i - | grep -E '^\+.*(USD)$'; done \
| grep -Eo '[0-9]+,[0-9]+' --color \
| sed 's/,/./g' \
| awk '{s+=$1}END{print s}'
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