PyPapers

PyPapers is a simple commmand line tool for searching a folder of PDF documents.

You can pass search terms and all arguments are joined together so to form an AND query. By default it matches file names only, but you can use -f to search in full text.

Why?

I've tried many of them and finally got fed up with reference managements systems. Either too bloated with features, or lacking simplicity.

Let's try to do this the simple way:

• All PDFs in one folder (or so)
• A command line tool to search them
• Rely on OSx excellent mdfind library for searching
• Rely on excellent Preview app for reading/editing

See also this blog post

Install

From pypi:

pip install pypapers

Usage

pypapers --help

Status

alpha

Comments, bug reports

PyPapers lives on Github. You can file issues or pull requests there. Suggestions, pull requests and improvements welcome!