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Bash Shell

•updated at 12.03.2026
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Search phrase inside PDF files

Prerequisites:
  • installed pdfgrep
Search for <phrase> in all PDF files (case insensitive, e.g.: .pdf, .PDF) in the current directory (.). 
sh
find . -iname "*.pdf" -exec pdfgrep "<phrase>" {} +