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    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 16 18:53:08 2023
    I seem to recall 'strings -4' worked and there was a DOS version of strings

    THen there is a DOS AntiWord but I can't find a DOS PDFTOTEXT



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  • From ctosian@21:1/5 to vjp...@at.biostrategist.dot.dot.com on Sat Jun 17 04:07:35 2023
    There is XPDF , has some tools for MSDOS (eg PDFTOTEXT)

    "Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text-
    file. If text-file is not specified, pdftotext converts file.pdf to file.txt. If text-file is '-', the text is sent to stdout."

    https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/file/xpdf/

    HTH

    Chris




    On Friday, 16 June 2023 at 19:53:10 UTC+1, vjp...@at.biostrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    I seem to recall 'strings -4' worked and there was a DOS version of strings

    THen there is a DOS AntiWord but I can't find a DOS PDFTOTEXT



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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 18 19:44:46 2023
    Thanks

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