Gem Pdf-reader [ Direct Link ]

require 'pdf-reader' filename = ARGV[0] || "example.pdf"

ruby read_pdf.rb mydocument.pdf

Run:

begin reader = PDF::Reader.new(filename) puts "Pages: #reader.page_count" puts reader.info puts "\n---\n\n" reader.pages.each p rescue => e puts "Error: #e.message" end gem pdf-reader

gem install pdf-reader Or add to your Gemfile : require 'pdf-reader' filename = ARGV[0] || "example