catdoc
text extractor for MS-Office files
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catdoc in Breadstick
Breadstick runs Debian's own catdoc package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so catdoc should behave as it does on a Linux PC. It is a command line program rather than an app with a window of its own: you run it by typing its command in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop, and it needs no Desktop or Floating session running.
Commands in the package
catdoccatpptwordviewxls2csv
Type one in Breadstick's Terminal to run it.
Text and data tools work on files and pipes in the Terminal as on any Linux system, including files in your Android folders once Device files is granted. More in the docs: The Terminal.
About catdoc
From Debian's package description
The catdoc program reads one or more Microsoft Word files and outputs their contents to standard output as text.
It is accompanied by xls2csv, a program which converts Excel spreadsheets into comma-separated-values format, and catppt, a utility to extract textual information from PowerPoint files.
It doesn't try to preserve Word formatting; its goal is to extract plain text and allow you to read it (and, probably, reformat it with TeX).
This package suggests Tk because it also includes wordview, an optional Tk-based GUI for catdoc. The MIME config provided in this package will use wordview if X is running, or catdoc directly if it is not.
From Debian's description of the catdoc package, under that package's license.
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Sources and licenses
- Name: the Debian package name.
- Summary: Debian's short description of the catdoc package, under that package's license.
- Description: Debian's description of the catdoc package, under that package's license.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
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