cli-pdf-reader

A minimalistic CLI PDF reader

Features

• Converts PDF to plain text
• Justifies the plain text to specified column width
• Centers the text based on the width of the terminal
• Uses a minimalistic less like interactive reader
• Written in pure rust
• Statically linked single binary executable
• Cross platform

Getting Started

Cargo

Install and run with cargo

cargo install --locked cli-pdf-reader
cli-pdf-reader document.pdf

Git and cargo

Clone the repo, build from source and run

git clone https://github.com/kruserr/cli-pdf-reader.git
cd cli-pdf-reader
cargo install --locked --path .
cli-pdf-reader document.pdf