I'd recommend using one of the Word->txt converters for Linux and just running it in a shell script: * http://wvware.sourceforge.net/ * http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
No compelling reason to use Python in this instance. Right tool for the right job and all that. - Chris On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I had previously asked a similar question, > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/2953d6d5d8836c4b/9dc901da63d8d059?lnk=gst&q=convert+doc+txt#9dc901da63d8d059 > > but at that point I was using Windows and now I am using Linux. > Basically, I have some .doc files that I need to convert into txt > files encoded in utf-8. However, win32com.client doesn't work in > Linux. > > It's been giving me quite a headache all day. Any ideas would be > greatly appreciated. > > Best, > Patrick > > #Windows Code: > import glob,os,codecs,shutil,win32com.client > from win32com.client import Dispatch > > input = '/home/pwaldo2/work/workbench/current_documents/*.doc' > input_dir = '/home/pwaldo2/work/workbench/current_documents/' > outpath = '/home/pwaldo2/work/workbench/current_documents/TXT/' > > for doc in glob.glob1(input): > WordApp = Dispatch("Word.Application") > WordApp.Visible = 1 > WordApp.Documents.Open(doc) > WordApp.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(doc,7) > WordApp.ActiveDocument.Close() > WordApp.Quit() > > for doc in glob.glob(input): > txt_split = os.path.splitext(doc) > txt_doc = txt_split[0] + '.txt' > txt_doc_path = os.path.join(outpath,txt_doc) > doc_path = os.path.join(input_dir,doc) > shutil.copy(doc_path,txt_doc_path) > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
