[NTLUG:Discuss] utility to convert doc and xls to text, xml, or html

[Rob Apodaca]

 On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 16:13, robert apodaca wrote:
> Does anyone know of a linux utility, perl module, anything that can convert microsoft word files into either plain text, xml, html or even some other easily parsed format?
> Also need the same for excel files to csv, xml, html, or anything else.
> I know there are programs like abiword and open office which can convert these, but I'm looking for something I can call from a script.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Rob

Thanks to all who responded. Looks like catdoc and xls2csv are going to
work perfectly for me!

Cheers,
-Rob