PDF Search Script

This Python script allows you to search for a specific word within PDF files in a given directory. It recursively scans all PDFs in the directory and prints the paths of the files that contain the search word.

Use Case

This script is useful when you need to quickly find PDF files that contain a specific word or phrase, such as searching for terms across a collection of documents. It can be helpful for:

• Searching through large numbers of reports, research papers, or articles stored as PDFs.
• Locating a specific keyword in legal, academic, or technical documents.
• Quickly identifying PDFs containing specific information, such as terms of service, regulations, or legal references.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• PyPDF2 library for PDF text extraction.

Installation Instructions

To get started with this script, you need to install the necessary dependencies. Here are the steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine and move to directory.

git clone git@github.com:Chintan45/pdf-search-script
.git
cd pdf-search-script

2. Install dependencies using pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

Alternatively, you can install the necessary library directly:

pip install PyPDF2

Usage

Command Line Arguments

• -p, --path (optional): The directory path where the PDF files are located. If not provided, it defaults to the current directory (./).
• -w, --word (mandatory): The word you want to search for in the PDF files. This argument is required and the word must be at least 3 characters long.

Example Usage

To search for the word "finance" in all PDF files within the current directory:

python pdf_search.py -w finance

To search for the word "health" in PDFs inside a specific directory (/path/to/your/folder):

python pdf_search.py -p /path/to/your/folder -w health

If the word is found in any of the PDF files, the script will output the path to the PDF file containing the word.

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• PyPDF2