unoconv
a command line utility that can convert any file format that
OpenOffice can import, to any file format that OpenOffice is capable of exporting.
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#! /usr/bin/bash # [[word2txt]] Script to automatically convert word doc files to plain txt files # Usage: # Required: unoconv # apt-get install unoconv # # Authors: # FR, radeff@akademia.ch # History # 2008.11.18: FR, created ######### echo "Script to automatically convert word doc files to plain txt files" echo "************" WD=`pwd` echo "Now converting all files under" .$WD echo "************" find . -name "*.doc" -o -name "*.DOC" -o -name "*.rtf" -o -name "*.RTF" | while read i do unoconv -f txt "$i" done echo "************" #echo "Finished, $k files converted" echo "Finished, all files converted"