Gem Pdf-reader -

Run:

ruby read_pdf.rb mydocument.pdf

gem install pdf-reader Or add to your Gemfile : gem pdf-reader

require 'pdf-reader' filename = ARGV[0] || "example.pdf" Run: ruby read_pdf

begin reader = PDF::Reader.new(filename) puts "Pages: #reader.page_count" puts reader.info puts "\n---\n\n" reader.pages.each puts p.text rescue => e puts "Error: #e.message" end e puts "Error: #e.message" end