[Linux] converting PDF to DOC?

[Robert Citek]

On 06/22/2007 02:13 PM, Larry Kagan wrote:
> I replied quite a while ago with precise instructions on how to do this
> using convert or Gimp and gocr.
> ... 
> This is obviously a project and probably more work than it's worth but
> only you can decide that.
> 
> Good Luck

Yes, with a heavy helping of "good luck".  Here's a full pipeline:

$ wget 'http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/pdfs/man11.pdf' -O - |
 convert - pnm:- |
 gocr - |
 head -20 |
 tail

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Regards,
- Robert