In a world dominated by graphical PDF editors and bulky Acrobat readers, there is a lightweight, open-source powerhouse that system administrators and developers have relied on for decades: .
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This is arguably the most popular tool in the suite. It extracts text from PDF files, stripping away formatting and images, leaving you with clean, raw text. In a world dominated by graphical PDF editors