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Searching for a string in .PDF files inside .RAR & .ZIP archives.
Hi,

I have got a large number of .PDF files that are archived in .RAR & ZIP files in various directories and I would like to search for strings inside the PDF files.

I would think you would need something that can recursively read directories, extract the .RAR/.ZIP file in memory, read the PDF in memory, search for the given string in the PDF, display the result and in what .RAR/.ZIP filename and PDF it was found and discard everything to /dev/null so that you don't sit with everything extracted on your hard drive after the script is done, then move on to the next .RAR/.ZIP file etc. until done.

Is there any shell scripting wizards that could assist me with this?

Thanks
 
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PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			  PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page(3pm)

NAME

       PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page - Represents a PDF page, inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Pages

DESCRIPTION

       Represents a page of output in PDF. It also keeps track of the content stream, any resources (such as fonts) being switched, etc.

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INSTANCE VARIABLES

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METHODS

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       Only the essential elements in the page dictionary are created here, all others are either optional or can be inherited.

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   $p->add($str)
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perl v5.14.2							    2011-03-10					  PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page(3pm)