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pdfgrep


Information about the package, pdfgrep, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pdfgrep package is designed for, Tool to search text in PDF files.


Package Name:

pdfgrep

Summary:

Tool to search text in PDF files

Description:

Pdfgrep is a tool to search text in PDF files. It works similar to grep. Features: * search for regular expressions. * support for some important grep options, including: * file name output. * page number output. * optional case insensitivity. *count occurrences. * and the most important feature: color output!

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.2

Release:

7.el6

Size:

21 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for pdfgrep


Control the pdfgrep package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pdfgrep

This command will install pdfgrep on the server.

yum remove pdfgrep

This command will un-install pdfgrep on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pdfgrep, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pdfgrep

This command will un-install pdfgrep on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pdfgrep when using the -y flag.

yum update pdfgrep

This command will update pdfgrep to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pdfgrep, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pdfgrep

This command will update pdfgrep to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pdfgrep when using the -y flag.

yum info pdfgrep

This command will show you core information about the pdfgrep package.

yum deplist pdfgrep

This command will show you the dependencies for pdfgrep. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update pdfgrep

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pdfgrep. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.