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docling
Usage:
docling [OPTIONS] source
Options:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
--from |
choice (docx | pptx | html | image | pdf | asciidoc | md | xlsx) |
Specify input formats to convert from. Defaults to all formats. | None |
--to |
choice (md | json | text | doctags) |
Specify output formats. Defaults to Markdown. | None |
--ocr / --no-ocr |
boolean | If enabled, the bitmap content will be processed using OCR. | True |
--force-ocr / --no-force-ocr |
boolean | Replace any existing text with OCR generated text over the full content. | False |
--ocr-engine |
choice (easyocr | tesseract_cli | tesseract) |
The OCR engine to use. | OcrEngine.EASYOCR |
--ocr-lang |
text | Provide a comma-separated list of languages used by the OCR engine. Note that each OCR engine has different values for the language names. | None |
--pdf-backend |
choice (pypdfium2 | dlparse_v1 | dlparse_v2) |
The PDF backend to use. | PdfBackend.DLPARSE_V1 |
--table-mode |
choice (fast | accurate) |
The mode to use in the table structure model. | TableFormerMode.FAST |
--artifacts-path |
path | If provided, the location of the model artifacts. | None |
--abort-on-error / --no-abort-on-error |
boolean | If enabled, the bitmap content will be processed using OCR. | False |
--output |
path | Output directory where results are saved. | . |
--verbose, -v |
integer | Set the verbosity level. -v for info logging, -vv for debug logging. | 0 |
--version |
boolean | Show version information. | None |
--help |
boolean | Show this message and exit. | False |