----- Original Message -----
From: "Kingsly John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [LIH] M$ word to text converter.
>
> The best solution for you is strings ... it'll convert the files to text
> format.. and you can use your favorite editor to edit it!
> and the command comes with your distro...
>
> one the prompt just type strings filename
>
> string Patient1.doc > patient1.txt
>
> and voila you are on ur way!
That could be a _little_ difficult with almost 800 - 900 files. Any way of
doing it at one go ? something like
string *.doc > *.txt (yes I know this might be asking too much)
or maybe someone can come up with some script please....
also will it atleast retain tabs ?
Sharukh
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