pdf viewer for command line only
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Is it possible to view pdf documents without having gdm (or similar) running?
Rationale: I'm working on a remote server (assume no X forwarding) processing some data, creating some plots (assume pdf files). And I would like to view them without having to scp and open them on my machine. (There may be other use cases, probably.)
command-line pdf
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
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Is it possible to view pdf documents without having gdm (or similar) running?
Rationale: I'm working on a remote server (assume no X forwarding) processing some data, creating some plots (assume pdf files). And I would like to view them without having to scp and open them on my machine. (There may be other use cases, probably.)
command-line pdf
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
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I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
Maybe you could adeptbcviin a way that executingview-this file.pdfover SSH runs your local PDF viewer on thefile.pdfvia back-channel magic.
– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. withinxterm -trunecho 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot
– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50
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up vote
11
down vote
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Is it possible to view pdf documents without having gdm (or similar) running?
Rationale: I'm working on a remote server (assume no X forwarding) processing some data, creating some plots (assume pdf files). And I would like to view them without having to scp and open them on my machine. (There may be other use cases, probably.)
command-line pdf
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
5682817
Is it possible to view pdf documents without having gdm (or similar) running?
Rationale: I'm working on a remote server (assume no X forwarding) processing some data, creating some plots (assume pdf files). And I would like to view them without having to scp and open them on my machine. (There may be other use cases, probably.)
command-line pdf
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
5682817
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
5682817
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
5682817
asked Apr 11 '12 at 8:55
moooeeeep
5682817
5682817
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I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
Maybe you could adeptbcviin a way that executingview-this file.pdfover SSH runs your local PDF viewer on thefile.pdfvia back-channel magic.
– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. withinxterm -trunecho 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot
– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50
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2
I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
Maybe you could adeptbcviin a way that executingview-this file.pdfover SSH runs your local PDF viewer on thefile.pdfvia back-channel magic.
– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. withinxterm -trunecho 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot
– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50
2
2
I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
Maybe you could adept
bcvi in a way that executing view-this file.pdf over SSH runs your local PDF viewer on the file.pdf via back-channel magic.– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
Maybe you could adept
bcvi in a way that executing view-this file.pdf over SSH runs your local PDF viewer on the file.pdf via back-channel magic.– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.
echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. within xterm -t run echo 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.
echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. within xterm -t run echo 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50
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Not a real viewer, but as first aid a converter may also help:
pdftotext file.pdf - | less
pdftohtml -stdout -i file.pdf | lynx -stdin
pdftotext and pdftohtml are part of the Poppler package.
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
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+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
+1. Also,lesspipeknows how to handle PDF documents. Ifpdftotextis installed and you have already runeval $(lesspipe), you can just runless file.pdf. It usespdftotext -layoutso works reasonably well with multi-column text.
– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
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I don't think it will work remotely, but locally I used to use fbgs (Info about fbida). It converts the PDF pages to TIFF files and displays them in a contiguous fashion using the framebuffer. Including images and proper layout. However, it's slower then using a GUI viewer.
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
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If you run emacs on your machine (emacs comes preinstalled on Ubuntu 18.04), you can virtually open and see a pdf on a remote server by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-f (to find-file) and then type in /user@hostname:/path/to/my.pdf and hit Enter (note the very first /). You will then be prompted to enter the server's password and there it is! You can see the pdf inside emacs.
Navigate through PDF inside emacs
Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. You can also use arrow keys to scroll through a single page if it doesn't fit in the screen.
Zoom
Zoom in by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-+. Zoom in more by hitting + only. Or zoom out more by hitting -.
Context
Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. This method works, not only for pdf, but for any other type of file, such as images.
answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
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I use ranger, although it doesn't allow me to copy text or highlight.
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
Not a real viewer, but as first aid a converter may also help:
pdftotext file.pdf - | less
pdftohtml -stdout -i file.pdf | lynx -stdin
pdftotext and pdftohtml are part of the Poppler package.
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
2
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
+1. Also,lesspipeknows how to handle PDF documents. Ifpdftotextis installed and you have already runeval $(lesspipe), you can just runless file.pdf. It usespdftotext -layoutso works reasonably well with multi-column text.
– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
Not a real viewer, but as first aid a converter may also help:
pdftotext file.pdf - | less
pdftohtml -stdout -i file.pdf | lynx -stdin
pdftotext and pdftohtml are part of the Poppler package.
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
2
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
+1. Also,lesspipeknows how to handle PDF documents. Ifpdftotextis installed and you have already runeval $(lesspipe), you can just runless file.pdf. It usespdftotext -layoutso works reasonably well with multi-column text.
– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
Not a real viewer, but as first aid a converter may also help:
pdftotext file.pdf - | less
pdftohtml -stdout -i file.pdf | lynx -stdin
pdftotext and pdftohtml are part of the Poppler package.
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
Not a real viewer, but as first aid a converter may also help:
pdftotext file.pdf - | less
pdftohtml -stdout -i file.pdf | lynx -stdin
pdftotext and pdftohtml are part of the Poppler package.
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
answered Apr 11 '12 at 9:19
manatwork
21k38184
21k38184
2
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
+1. Also,lesspipeknows how to handle PDF documents. Ifpdftotextis installed and you have already runeval $(lesspipe), you can just runless file.pdf. It usespdftotext -layoutso works reasonably well with multi-column text.
– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
add a comment |Â
2
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
+1. Also,lesspipeknows how to handle PDF documents. Ifpdftotextis installed and you have already runeval $(lesspipe), you can just runless file.pdf. It usespdftotext -layoutso works reasonably well with multi-column text.
– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
2
2
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
+1 This works nicely with text-only documents. Obviously displaying graphics without graphical user interface is not realistic? :]
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 11:06
1
1
+1. Also,
lesspipe knows how to handle PDF documents. If pdftotext is installed and you have already run eval $(lesspipe), you can just run less file.pdf. It uses pdftotext -layout so works reasonably well with multi-column text.– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
+1. Also,
lesspipe knows how to handle PDF documents. If pdftotext is installed and you have already run eval $(lesspipe), you can just run less file.pdf. It uses pdftotext -layout so works reasonably well with multi-column text.– cas
Jan 4 at 4:28
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
I don't think it will work remotely, but locally I used to use fbgs (Info about fbida). It converts the PDF pages to TIFF files and displays them in a contiguous fashion using the framebuffer. Including images and proper layout. However, it's slower then using a GUI viewer.
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
I don't think it will work remotely, but locally I used to use fbgs (Info about fbida). It converts the PDF pages to TIFF files and displays them in a contiguous fashion using the framebuffer. Including images and proper layout. However, it's slower then using a GUI viewer.
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
I don't think it will work remotely, but locally I used to use fbgs (Info about fbida). It converts the PDF pages to TIFF files and displays them in a contiguous fashion using the framebuffer. Including images and proper layout. However, it's slower then using a GUI viewer.
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
I don't think it will work remotely, but locally I used to use fbgs (Info about fbida). It converts the PDF pages to TIFF files and displays them in a contiguous fashion using the framebuffer. Including images and proper layout. However, it's slower then using a GUI viewer.
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
edited May 14 '12 at 15:52
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
answered May 12 '12 at 17:16
Marco
24.2k580112
24.2k580112
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
add a comment |Â
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
Thanks for this note (it's spelled fbgs)! It looked indeed promising. Unfortunately the restriction is not in the first place locally, but any emulated terminal won't work. Apparantly it requires to be run on any of the virtual terminals ctrl+alt+f1/f2/f3/... :(
– moooeeeep
May 14 '12 at 11:09
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
If you run emacs on your machine (emacs comes preinstalled on Ubuntu 18.04), you can virtually open and see a pdf on a remote server by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-f (to find-file) and then type in /user@hostname:/path/to/my.pdf and hit Enter (note the very first /). You will then be prompted to enter the server's password and there it is! You can see the pdf inside emacs.
Navigate through PDF inside emacs
Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. You can also use arrow keys to scroll through a single page if it doesn't fit in the screen.
Zoom
Zoom in by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-+. Zoom in more by hitting + only. Or zoom out more by hitting -.
Context
Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. This method works, not only for pdf, but for any other type of file, such as images.
answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
13
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up vote
0
down vote
If you run emacs on your machine (emacs comes preinstalled on Ubuntu 18.04), you can virtually open and see a pdf on a remote server by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-f (to find-file) and then type in /user@hostname:/path/to/my.pdf and hit Enter (note the very first /). You will then be prompted to enter the server's password and there it is! You can see the pdf inside emacs.
Navigate through PDF inside emacs
Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. You can also use arrow keys to scroll through a single page if it doesn't fit in the screen.
Zoom
Zoom in by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-+. Zoom in more by hitting + only. Or zoom out more by hitting -.
Context
Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. This method works, not only for pdf, but for any other type of file, such as images.
answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
13
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
If you run emacs on your machine (emacs comes preinstalled on Ubuntu 18.04), you can virtually open and see a pdf on a remote server by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-f (to find-file) and then type in /user@hostname:/path/to/my.pdf and hit Enter (note the very first /). You will then be prompted to enter the server's password and there it is! You can see the pdf inside emacs.
Navigate through PDF inside emacs
Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. You can also use arrow keys to scroll through a single page if it doesn't fit in the screen.
Zoom
Zoom in by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-+. Zoom in more by hitting + only. Or zoom out more by hitting -.
Context
Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. This method works, not only for pdf, but for any other type of file, such as images.
answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
13
If you run emacs on your machine (emacs comes preinstalled on Ubuntu 18.04), you can virtually open and see a pdf on a remote server by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-f (to find-file) and then type in /user@hostname:/path/to/my.pdf and hit Enter (note the very first /). You will then be prompted to enter the server's password and there it is! You can see the pdf inside emacs.
Navigate through PDF inside emacs
Use space to go one page down and backspace to go one page up. You can also use arrow keys to scroll through a single page if it doesn't fit in the screen.
Zoom
Zoom in by hitting Ctrl-x Ctrl-+. Zoom in more by hitting + only. Or zoom out more by hitting -.
Context
Yes, you can connect to a remote server from within emacs using the build-in package tramp that works as simple as I explained above. This method works, not only for pdf, but for any other type of file, such as images.
answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
13
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answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
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answered Jun 23 at 18:35
Pooya
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I use ranger, although it doesn't allow me to copy text or highlight.
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
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up vote
0
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I use ranger, although it doesn't allow me to copy text or highlight.
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I use ranger, although it doesn't allow me to copy text or highlight.
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
I use ranger, although it doesn't allow me to copy text or highlight.
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
1262
answered Aug 9 at 2:25
Ricardo Pietrobon
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I don't know the answer to the question you asked, but I use sshfs to solve problems like these. I suppose it's like using scp, but requires less hassle.
– ams
Apr 11 '12 at 9:01
@ams, this would indeed solve the copying issue, but right now I'm particularly interested in a command-line only pdf viewer.
– moooeeeep
Apr 11 '12 at 9:05
Maybe you could adept
bcviin a way that executingview-this file.pdfover SSH runs your local PDF viewer on thefile.pdfvia back-channel magic.– sr_
Apr 11 '12 at 9:36
You can generate ascii graphs with gnuplot, i.e.
echo 'set term dumb; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot. For improved "graphics" generate tektronix escape sequences, e.g. withinxterm -trunecho 'set term tek40xx; plot sin(x)' | gnuplot– Thor
Apr 13 '12 at 10:50