Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LibreOffice on the command line to batch convert .htm files to .html files

Hi :)
Ahh, just spotted the give-away ".exe" so it sounds like you are using
Windows.  It is still worth trying the "--help" tag to see if you do get a
quick-help cheat-sheet.

Let us know either way! :)
Regards from
Tom :)


On 10 April 2014 14:26, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi :)
> We call it "headless mode".  Errr, which OS are you using?  Is it a
> Windows or a Gnu&Linux or Mac?
>
> Headless mode can be scripted and there might even be a thread in the
> archives that shows a decent script worth copying.  I think the better way
> is to try using LibreOffice on the command-line and get it doing more and
> more until you've figured it out.  For example does
> soffice
> or
> lowriter
> work from the command-line?  On my Gnu&Linux both work but some OSes might
> be limited to using just 1 of those.  Then try, for example
> lowriter --help
> to get a quick cheat-sheet of options.
>
> Hopefully people on this list can help but there might also be
> documentation at
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Programmers
> or scroll up a bit to see what is in the "Corporate Users" section of the
> page.
>
>
> Attachments don't get to the mailing-list anyway!  You can use Nabble to
> upload them to a central place so that people can choose to look if they
> want.
>
>
> I would try to keep the original documents in MS format so that if there
> is any problem with some tiny subset of all the ones being converted then
> you can focus on those and do them with a bit more finesse.  However from
> Doc, Xls etc to Odt, Ods etc should work reasonably well.
>
> It's the DocX, XlsX etc that is a bit more unpredictable thanks to MS's
> constant changing of that format (currently on at least 3 different
> "transistional" versions and at least 1 "strict" none of which seem to
> fully comply with their ISO promise).  Even with those i think a
> batch-process using a scripted headless mode is the best plan and then deal
> with individual oddities later.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 10 April 2014 13:30, Joe B <paperbag76@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > This is my first post.
> >
> > I am working on migrating a website.  I am trying to convert many files
> > written in an old version of MS Word, which were then saved as old
> > Microsoft 2002/2003 XML files.  The files were saved using an .htm
> > extension.  The files are filled with Microsoft xml crud. (I will just
> > refer to them as .htm files for the rest of this e-mail)
> >
> > I found a simple solution, in simply opening the file in LibreOffice
> > Writer, and re-saving the file in HTML Document (Writer) (.html) format.
> > Now the files work great.
> >
> > I don't want to do this one file at a time obviously, as there are
> > hundreds
> > of these .htm files.  I am trying to figure out a way to do this for
> > multiple files in a folder...I think the term is "batch processing".
> >
> > In other words, have a script that will:
> > 1. iterate through each .htm file in a folder
> > 2. open the file in LibreOffice Writer
> > 3. save the .htm file in HTML Document (Writer)(.html) format
> > 4. close the file
> > 5. iterate over all the remaining files in the folder until all files have
> > had their formats changed
> >
> > Is there a way to do this via a command line script.  Or by creating a
> > batch file?
> >
> > I'm sorry, I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to the command line or
> > batch
> > files.  I know how to open LibreOffice Writer.exe from the command line
> > with one argument, which will open that document, but that's about it.
> >
> > I have some experience in other scripting languages, like Python, Perl,
> > etc, but not windows scripting.  I am having a very difficult time getting
> > this to work in Python, so I thought I would come here and try to ask for
> > guidance.
> >
> > I could attach a copy of one of the .htm files that I am converting if
> > that
> > would help, but don't want to attach a file in my very first e-mail.
> >
> > thank you,
> > Joe
> > paperbag76@gmail.com
> >
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