Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to issue

Hello,
I think the reason why LibreOffice is popping up after you run a 
--convert-to command is that you are not using --headless.  The flag 
--headless hides the LibreOffice GUI, and only performs the operation 
specified.  Also, it doesn't look like wildcards (the * that you used to 
indicate all the files in a directory) work with LibreOffice.  I tested 
this command in a folder with a bunch of .doc files in it:
soffice --headless --convert-to odt *.doc
It did not produce any output.
However, the following command works correctly, and does not load 
LibreOffice afterwords:
soffice --headless --convert-to odt mydocfile.doc
(You would use the "libreoffice" command as it appears you are using 
Linux, but because I am using Windows, I have to use "soffice.")
So, since wildcards (at least for me) don't work with LibreOffice, you 
would have to create a script (if you wanted some kind of recursive 
automation that you mentioned) that looped through the files that you 
wanted to convert and ran the --convert-to command separately for each 
one.  You can also use --outdir to change the output directory.
Here is an AskLO thread that may be useful: 
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/2641/convert-to-command-line-parameter/
I hope this helps!

Regards,
xmlhttprequest.open@gmail.com


On 3/4/2014 4:34 PM, Ed_0 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know, why does libreoffice open up after running in a
> terminal "libreoffice --convert-to odt *.doc?
>
> What if I want a recursive behaviour?
>
> Thank you for answering.
>
> Sincerely.


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