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From: Barnabyh on 24 Jun 2010 17:49 * notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > I got a buncha Word docs I need to look at. I usually email back and > tell 'em to shove it, but this time I need the info. I grabbed the > word2txt script off the net, but then discovered it needed catdoc and > god knows what else. Before I start down that rabbit hole, does 13 > have a simple doc -> ascii txt utility I'm unaware of? Screw Kword. > > Thnx > > nb How about Abiword if you don't like OpenOffice. Barnabyh -- The general public is a bunch of morons who destroy the fun and life in everything it collectively touches. Disney is what the public wants. NASCAR is what the public wants. Windows is what the public wants. (Slashdot, Monday March 28 2005, Gnome Removed From Slackware.)
From: Richard Herbert on 24 Jun 2010 19:34 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:01:53 -0400, Aaron W. Hsu wrote: > I believe that antiword does come with Slackware. Oh. Which package is it in? Thanks. -- Richard Herbert Registered Linux user 14329 If there's nothing wrong with me, then ... there must be something wrong with the Universe!
From: notbob on 24 Jun 2010 21:14 On 2010-06-25, Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide(a)sacrideo.us> wrote: > (unlike some unmentionable office suites). .....and operating systems. nb
From: Dan C on 24 Jun 2010 22:58 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:17:08 +0000, notbob wrote: > I got a buncha Word docs I need to look at. I usually email back and > tell 'em to shove it, but this time I need the info. I grabbed the > word2txt script off the net, but then discovered it needed catdoc and > god knows what else. Before I start down that rabbit hole, does 13 have > a simple doc -> ascii txt utility I'm unaware of? Screw Kword. http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/office/openoffice.org/ -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as Kanga sneezed in his honey pot. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg
From: JohnF on 25 Jun 2010 10:46
notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > I got a buncha Word docs I need to look at. > I need the info. If you just need to look at some embedded ascii info, and not comfortably read through a nicely formatted document, I've often done that same thing using strings mswordfile.doc | less -- John Forkosh ( mailto: j(a)f.com where j=john and f=forkosh ) |