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How to search for a word in multiple PDF files in Linux

How to grep for a particular word in a PDF file?
Is it possible to use grep in pdf file?
How to use grep in pdf file?
Is there any command like grep to use in pdf files?

A simple solution exits. For all these questions, the answer is pdfgrep package.
There is a GitLab repository to do exactly this.

pdfgrep -R 'pattern' /path/of/the/pdf/file(s)

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See in more answers in StackOverflow 
Download the source from Gitlab 



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