How to convert word processor files to different formats.

[dos2unix]

This assumes you already have libreoffice installed.
This can be done from the command line without opening the GUI.

Convert .odt to .docx

libreoffice --headless --convert-to docx yourfile.odt

Convert to .rtf

libreoffice --headless --convert-to rtf yourfile.odt

Convert to text

libreoffice --headless --convert-to txt:Text yourfile.odt

Bash batch file conversion

#!/bin/bash
for file in *.odt; do
libreoffice --headless --convert-to docx "$file"
done

A better odt to txt script.

#!/bin/bash
# Directory containing .odt files (default: current directory)
INPUT_DIR="."
OUTPUT_DIR="./converted_txt"
# Create output directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
# Loop through all .odt files in the input directory
for file in "$INPUT_DIR"/*.odt; do
if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
echo "Converting: $file"
libreoffice --headless --convert-to txt:Text "$file" --outdir "$OUTPUT_DIR"
fi
done
echo "Conversion complete. TXT files saved in: $OUTPUT_DIR"

 

[rado84]

With the current for loop the output will most likely be yourfile.doc.odt. I can show you what to add to avoid that in about half an hour.

Edit: OK, here it is - proper for loop for bulk conversion:

#!/bin/bash

for file in *.odt;
do
newfile=$(echo "$file" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)
libreoffice --headless --convert-to docx "$newfile".docx;
done