use strict; use warnings; use CAM::PDF; use CAM::PDF::PageText; my $file = $ARGV[0]; my $search = $ARGV[1]; my $doc = CAM::PDF->new($file) || die "$CAM::PDF::errstr\n"; my $pages = $doc->numPages(); for my $pg (1..$pages) { my $foo = $doc->getPageText($pg); my ($data) = $foo =~ m/$search\s*(\d+)/si; print "In $pg page: $search Value is $data\n"; } __END__ Output is: In 1 page: def Value is 20