Regex PDF search?
I am an electronics engineer and I regularly view PDF schematics. Often I encounter the scenario where I would like to search the schematic for a component, e.g. "R1"
The problem is that searching for "R1" matches all the R[tens] and R[hundreds] on the schematic as well. So I would like to be able to use a regex in my search, or at least have tighter control of the search (e.g. search whole word only).
Has anyone here found a good PDF tool on Ubuntu which supports these features?
pdf regex
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
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I am an electronics engineer and I regularly view PDF schematics. Often I encounter the scenario where I would like to search the schematic for a component, e.g. "R1"
The problem is that searching for "R1" matches all the R[tens] and R[hundreds] on the schematic as well. So I would like to be able to use a regex in my search, or at least have tighter control of the search (e.g. search whole word only).
Has anyone here found a good PDF tool on Ubuntu which supports these features?
pdf regex
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
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The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31
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I am an electronics engineer and I regularly view PDF schematics. Often I encounter the scenario where I would like to search the schematic for a component, e.g. "R1"
The problem is that searching for "R1" matches all the R[tens] and R[hundreds] on the schematic as well. So I would like to be able to use a regex in my search, or at least have tighter control of the search (e.g. search whole word only).
Has anyone here found a good PDF tool on Ubuntu which supports these features?
pdf regex
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
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I am an electronics engineer and I regularly view PDF schematics. Often I encounter the scenario where I would like to search the schematic for a component, e.g. "R1"
The problem is that searching for "R1" matches all the R[tens] and R[hundreds] on the schematic as well. So I would like to be able to use a regex in my search, or at least have tighter control of the search (e.g. search whole word only).
Has anyone here found a good PDF tool on Ubuntu which supports these features?
pdf regex
pdf regex
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
7119
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
7119
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
edited Jan 8 '15 at 10:54
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
24.1k2295156
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
7119
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
7119
asked Jan 8 '15 at 10:12
Brian J Hoskins
7119
7119
The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31
add a comment |
The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31
The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31
The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31
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Install pdfgrep :
sudo apt-get install pdfgrep
And then use -C option and word boundaries match:
pdfgrep -C 0 '<WORD>' file.pdf
or use b...b instead of <...>.
See its man pdfgrep
-C, --context NUM
Print at most NUM characters of context around each match.
I have googled and found JPedal(30-days trial). Download and open it via command-line by the following command:
java -jar jpedal-trial.jar
Now press Ctrl+F, type the word that you want to search and check the "Find Whole Words Only" from Down-arrow icon (
) to search for whole word.
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
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Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
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If you are fine with creating an index of your documents you could use Recoll which is a full-on desktop search engine. For screenshots and installation instructions please take a look at this answer.
Recoll searches are constructed using a poweful query language that supports wildcards and modifiers (e.g. proximity and slack).
For instance, the query "R1"l would only yield whole-word results. This is because the l modifier turns off stemming. (In this specific example you wouldn't even need the modifier because Recoll doesn't expand sequences of numbers by default).
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If the problem is just to limit the search to whole words, that is easy enough. Just add spaces before and after your search string, like so: " R1 ". I use this trick in Evince all the time.
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
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Install pdfgrep :
sudo apt-get install pdfgrep
And then use -C option and word boundaries match:
pdfgrep -C 0 '<WORD>' file.pdf
or use b...b instead of <...>.
See its man pdfgrep
-C, --context NUM
Print at most NUM characters of context around each match.
I have googled and found JPedal(30-days trial). Download and open it via command-line by the following command:
java -jar jpedal-trial.jar
Now press Ctrl+F, type the word that you want to search and check the "Find Whole Words Only" from Down-arrow icon () to search for whole word.
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
1
Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
add a comment |
Install pdfgrep :
sudo apt-get install pdfgrep
And then use -C option and word boundaries match:
pdfgrep -C 0 '<WORD>' file.pdf
or use b...b instead of <...>.
See its man pdfgrep
-C, --context NUM
Print at most NUM characters of context around each match.
I have googled and found JPedal(30-days trial). Download and open it via command-line by the following command:
java -jar jpedal-trial.jar
Now press Ctrl+F, type the word that you want to search and check the "Find Whole Words Only" from Down-arrow icon () to search for whole word.
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
1
Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
add a comment |
Install pdfgrep :
sudo apt-get install pdfgrep
And then use -C option and word boundaries match:
pdfgrep -C 0 '<WORD>' file.pdf
or use b...b instead of <...>.
See its man pdfgrep
-C, --context NUM
Print at most NUM characters of context around each match.
I have googled and found JPedal(30-days trial). Download and open it via command-line by the following command:
java -jar jpedal-trial.jar
Now press Ctrl+F, type the word that you want to search and check the "Find Whole Words Only" from Down-arrow icon () to search for whole word.
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
Install pdfgrep :
sudo apt-get install pdfgrep
And then use -C option and word boundaries match:
pdfgrep -C 0 '<WORD>' file.pdf
or use b...b instead of <...>.
See its man pdfgrep
-C, --context NUM
Print at most NUM characters of context around each match.
I have googled and found JPedal(30-days trial). Download and open it via command-line by the following command:
java -jar jpedal-trial.jar
Now press Ctrl+F, type the word that you want to search and check the "Find Whole Words Only" from Down-arrow icon () to search for whole word.
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
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24.1k2295156
edited Jan 10 '15 at 10:35
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
answered Jan 8 '15 at 10:44
αғsнιη
24.1k2295156
24.1k2295156
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Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
add a comment |
1
Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
1
1
Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
Thanks. The problem with this solution is that an electronics schematic is mostly a graphical document with text identifiers. The purpose of my search is not to determine if the text exists in the document or not, but to take me quickly to the component of interest. So the search must be completed in a graphical environment.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:28
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
@BrianJHoskins updated answer. check please.
– αғsнιη
Jan 10 '15 at 10:36
add a comment |
If you are fine with creating an index of your documents you could use Recoll which is a full-on desktop search engine. For screenshots and installation instructions please take a look at this answer.
Recoll searches are constructed using a poweful query language that supports wildcards and modifiers (e.g. proximity and slack).
For instance, the query "R1"l would only yield whole-word results. This is because the l modifier turns off stemming. (In this specific example you wouldn't even need the modifier because Recoll doesn't expand sequences of numbers by default).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
16.1k873131
add a comment |
If you are fine with creating an index of your documents you could use Recoll which is a full-on desktop search engine. For screenshots and installation instructions please take a look at this answer.
Recoll searches are constructed using a poweful query language that supports wildcards and modifiers (e.g. proximity and slack).
For instance, the query "R1"l would only yield whole-word results. This is because the l modifier turns off stemming. (In this specific example you wouldn't even need the modifier because Recoll doesn't expand sequences of numbers by default).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
Community♦
1
answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
16.1k873131
add a comment |
If you are fine with creating an index of your documents you could use Recoll which is a full-on desktop search engine. For screenshots and installation instructions please take a look at this answer.
Recoll searches are constructed using a poweful query language that supports wildcards and modifiers (e.g. proximity and slack).
For instance, the query "R1"l would only yield whole-word results. This is because the l modifier turns off stemming. (In this specific example you wouldn't even need the modifier because Recoll doesn't expand sequences of numbers by default).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
Community♦
1
answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
16.1k873131
If you are fine with creating an index of your documents you could use Recoll which is a full-on desktop search engine. For screenshots and installation instructions please take a look at this answer.
Recoll searches are constructed using a poweful query language that supports wildcards and modifiers (e.g. proximity and slack).
For instance, the query "R1"l would only yield whole-word results. This is because the l modifier turns off stemming. (In this specific example you wouldn't even need the modifier because Recoll doesn't expand sequences of numbers by default).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
16.1k873131
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
Community♦
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
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1
answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
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answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
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answered Jan 10 '15 at 14:25
Glutanimate
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If the problem is just to limit the search to whole words, that is easy enough. Just add spaces before and after your search string, like so: " R1 ". I use this trick in Evince all the time.
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
add a comment |
If the problem is just to limit the search to whole words, that is easy enough. Just add spaces before and after your search string, like so: " R1 ". I use this trick in Evince all the time.
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
add a comment |
If the problem is just to limit the search to whole words, that is easy enough. Just add spaces before and after your search string, like so: " R1 ". I use this trick in Evince all the time.
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
If the problem is just to limit the search to whole words, that is easy enough. Just add spaces before and after your search string, like so: " R1 ". I use this trick in Evince all the time.
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
Brian Z
561213
answered Mar 17 '15 at 9:31
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The question is not a duplicate because of the context of its use. My context requires a graphical PDF reader with regex search options so that I can quickly navigate to components of interest in a schematic. Cheers.
– Brian J Hoskins
Jan 8 '15 at 11:31