Re: Shell script for extracting text from MS Word docs

["Tyler Nally" <tnally iquest net>]

> Sorry, this is a bit off-topic for this list.  Does anyone know of a shell
> script/command line method for extracting text from MS Word docs? [I.e. not
> opening the doc in abiword, etc.]. 
> And, what mailing lists might be useful for questions of this sort?  Thanks

There's a series of utilities that start with "wv" like "wvHTML" and "wvTEXT"
that are used to convert different MS Word documents into HTML or plain text.
I don't have access to my linux machine right now, so I can't say what the
names are exactly and precisely.  

As long as you can detach the MSWord attachment, you can convert it to whatever
you'd like.  

Tyler
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