How to extract text from a PSD file?

Question

I need to extract the text from the layers in a photoshop PSD file on linux. Does anyone know how to do that? Gimp rasterizes the text and you can\'t copy and paste it. A

Answer 1

Have you tried using vim?

VIM comes with a flag that lets you edit a binary file.

I tried editing a PSD file with:

vim -b file.psd

This is an example of what I got when editing the file:

                            
                                    com.apple.print.PageFormat.PMAdjustedPageRect
                                    
                                            0.0
                                            0.0
                                            576
                                            734
                                    
                                    com.apple.print.ticket.stateFlag
                                    0