Examples

$ off2txt -s word.docx

$ off2txt -s excel.xlsx

Notes

If an extracted file would be empty, it is not created.

Excel is different. Columns are preserved. So may get a CSV file of empty columns. Cells are put in the extracted ASCII file if they containt ASCII only otherwise they are streamed to the Unicode file.

Usage

usage: off2txt [options] File [File ...]

off2txt: extract ASCII/Unicode text from Office files to separate files

positional arguments:
  File                  Files to extract from

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  --debug               Turn on debug logging.
  --debug-log FILE      Save debug logging to FILE.
  -a EXTENSION, --ascii EXTENSION
                        Identifier to append to input file name to make ASCII
                        output file name when splitting Unicode and ASCII
                        text. Default ascii.
  -d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
                        Save extracted text to DIRECTORY. Ignored if the -o
                        option is given.
  -e EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION
                        Extension to use for extracted text files. Default for
                        Word and PowerPoint is txt. Default for Excel is csv.
  -o FILE, --output FILE
                        Save extracted text to FILE. If not given, the output
                        file is named the same as the input file but with a
                        txt extension. The extension can be changed with the
                        -e option. Files are opened in append mode unless the
                        -X option is given.
  -s, --split           Split ASCII and Unicode text into two separate files.
                        Unicode files are named by adding -unicode before the
                        file extension. The Unicode identifer can be changed
                        with the -u option.
  -u EXTENSION, --unicode EXTENSION
                        Identifier to append to input file name to make
                        Unicode output file name when splitting Unicode and
                        ASCII text. Default unicode.
  -A, --suppress-file-access-errors
                        Do not print file/directory access errors.
  -X, --overwrite-output-files
                        Truncate output files before writing.