03-28-2011
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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NAME
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