As I mentioned there , how can I view documents( ex: .doc,.docx and all other formats ) from the command line ? Is there any way ?
Thank you.
As I mentioned there , how can I view documents( ex: .doc,.docx and all other formats ) from the command line ? Is there any way ?
Thank you.
I have been using the following setup in several scripts (especially with version control):
sudo apt-get install unoconv odt2txt # installs both tools
doc2odt test.doc # creates test.odt
odt2txt test.odt # displays the contents in the terminal
or for a docx file:
docx2txt test.docx # converts docx file
less test.txt # read the contents
Works like a charm and you can read your doc files in the terminal. This method is more complex than catdoc
but it has the advantage that entries from a bibliographic management system are not displayed in their raw form.
For a LaTex file you can just your favorite terminal text editor to open and read it.
[ADDIN: {author: Don Joey} { title: ...} ...]
. When you have many of them that is hard to read. This is where odt2txt conversion comes in handy because you will just see Don Joey, Some Supposedly Interesting Book,...
rather than the raw info.
To View word documents from the command line I found one named as catdoc.
to install it sudo apt-get install catdoc
then
catdoc -t filename.doc
You can specify the output format using the -a (text) or -t (LaTeX) option