Show HN: recover-pdfs is a tool for revovering all the deleted PDFs from a disk

Category: cli-tool

Tags: data-recovery, pdf, cli-tool

Score: 3.7/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 4, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

A filesystem-agnostic tool that scans raw disk data byte-by-byte to recover deleted PDF documents by identifying PDF file signatures. It's interesting because it works at the binary level independent of filesystem structures, making it useful for data recovery from corrupted drives or disk images.

Target audience: devops, system-administrators, digital-forensics

Repository: https://codeberg.org/seanhly/recover-pdfs

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