Motivation
Be able to search through papers without needing to open them
Resources
Installation
sudo apt install pdfgrep
version installed:
This is pdfgrep version 2.2.0.
Using poppler version 24.02.0 Using libpcre2 version 10.42 2022-12-11
Use cases
List files containig a matching word
pdfgrep -i -l rhoa *.pdf | less
finds all pdf files containg word rhoa independently on case
Find lines with a word with 3 lines around it for context in a single file
pdfgrep -i -C 3 rhoa Vinarsky_CDD_2025.pdf
Find references to the deposited datasets in GEO (GSE) in Morikawa paper
pdfgrep -C 3 'GSE' morikawa-et-al-2024.pdf
gives 3 line context around the match