Howto Convert PDF to TXT in Ubuntu Linux

Use pdftotext utility can be used to convert Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text.

$ sudo apt-get install poppler-utils

usage:

$ pdftotext abc.pdf xyz.txt

$ pdftotext -l 5 abc.pdf xyz.txt ( convert last 5 pages)

$ pdftotext -f 5 abc.pdf xyz.txt (convert first 5 pages)

$ pdftotext -upw 'password' abc.pdf xyz.txt ( for password protected pdf)