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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.debian |
| Subject | Re: Understanding pdfseparate error messages |
| Date | 2025-07-25 08:33 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1060147$1uu97$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <105tiod$1goci$1@dont-email.me> <105v5mq$urjl$1@dont-email.me> |
On 7/25/25 12:46 AM, William Unruh wrote: > Why not use pdfseparate to extract the two pages you want, and then use > pdftotext on each of the two pages? That's what I'd done. > > On 2025-07-24, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote: >> I'm running Debian 12.8. >> I have a 100+ page PDF document. >> I wish to extract 2 of those pages, each to their own PDF file for later >> editing. >> >> I'm focusing on poppler-utils as it appears to offer tools for current >> and future goals. >> >> Doing "pdftotext -layout -f 116 -l 116 TFP2021.pdf jul24-a.txt" comes >> very close to what I want. >> >> Having been surrounded by TECO-buffs in the 70's, comparing the output >> of "pdftotext -f 116 -l 116 TFP2021.pdf jul24-b.txt" to the above >> suggests an approach to resolving. >> >> It involves being able to edit a *SINGLE* rather than all 100+ companion >> pages. >> >> I tried "pdfseparate -f 116 -l 116 TFP2021.pdf dianostic.pdf" and got >>> Syntax Error (3868069): Missing 'endstream' or incorrect stream length >>> Syntax Error (3557294): Missing 'endstream' or incorrect stream length >>> [multiple repetitions of those 2 lines >>> Syntax Error (3556857): Bad FCHECK in flate stream >>> Syntax Error (3868069): Missing 'endstream' or incorrect stream length >>> Syntax Error (3866517): Bad FCHECK in flate stream >> >> How/where do I find interpretation of those? >> >> TIA >> >> *A postscript >> >> I had originally composed this message before discovering "pdfseparate" >> had created output files that that appear to be what I intended. >> >> I'm still interested in the meaning of the error messages as it may hint >> as why ""pdftotext" wasn't *exactly* what I hoped for. >> >>
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Re: Understanding pdfseparate error messages Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2025-07-25 08:33 -0500
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