Convert word document to text file?

[sangith]

Hi,
How do I convert a word document into a text file. (For eg: If I give input as file1.doc, my Perl program should automatically convert it into file1.txt)
Is there any Perl module which does this conversion?

I would appreciate your response!

Thanks in advance!
Sangith

[KevinADC]

Are you referring to MS Word or Windows Wordpad? There are no perl modules for Wordpad (.doc) but there are plenty on CPAN for Word.

[sangith]

Are you referring to MS Word or Windows Wordpad? There are no perl modules for Wordpad (.doc) but there are plenty on CPAN for Word.

Hi Kevin,

I am referring to MS-Word document.

Thanks,
Sangith

[numberwhun]

Hi Kevin,

I am referring to MS-Word document.

Thanks,
Sangith

Per Kevin's posting, go out to CPAN and search for word. Then, check all of the modules returned to see if any of them will do what you want. You have to research what you want to do before throwing your arms up and asking someone else.

Regards,

Jeff

[rellaboyina]

Per Kevin's posting, go out to CPAN and search for word. Then, check all of the modules returned to see if any of them will do what you want. You have to research what you want to do before throwing your arms up and asking someone else.

Regards,

Jeff

You can use Perl's rename() method for renaming a file as
rename(sourcefi le, destfile)

[numberwhun]

You can use Perl's rename() method for renaming a file as
rename(sourcefi le, destfile)

That would certainly rename the files, but renaming a file does not convert the format from one to another. A word document, by any other name is still a word document, unless of course you remove all of the formatting through conversion.

Regards,

Jeff