How to count words in a PDF file?

Is there any way I can count words in a PDF file without resorting to Acrobat Reader (which apparently has that feature)?
That's a massive program, which I actually don't like.
I need to count words in the PDF file because I write my papers with LaTeX, and they're full of my extensive comments.
Do you know of any alternative?

that utility IIRC cannot be found on xpdf (the official Archlinux package) anymore and its part of poppler
edit: its pdftotext btw
Last edited by dolby (2008-05-11 13:35:05)

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