Searching for strings in pdf

[Guest]

I need to search many pdf's for a string and display the 5 lines after that string

Can I use a dos command in a script or is there a tool that will do this?

Thanks,

[try67]

You can use Reader to perform a search for the same string over multiple files, and it shows the immediate context in which it was found. Use the Advanced Search command for that.

Showing exactly five lines of text is not possible with Reader, and would be difficult elsewhere, too. I've developed some stand-alone tools that can perform such a search and extract the surrounding context (including from a DOS command-line), so if you're interested feel free to contact me privately (try6767 at gmail.com) and we could discuss it further.