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Claude Code v2.1.323 ·

Claude Code can pull page-by-page text out of PDFs with pdftotext

Claude Code can now use the pdftotext program to pull text from a range of PDF pages, one block of text per page

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Unclear It is not clear whether reading a PDF uses this yet, or whether pdftotext has to be installed for it to work.

What

Claude Code can now use pdftotext, a separate program that reads the text out of PDF files. It asks for a range of pages, keeps the page layout, and splits the result into one block of text per page. It gives up after 10 seconds, and it also gives up when the number of text blocks does not match the number of pages.

Why

Reading a PDF may now give Claude the text of each page as well.

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The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether reading a PDF uses this yet, or whether `pdftotext` has to be installed for it to work.

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