welcheb / pptx2txt.sh

command line bash shell script to convert PowerPoint pptx format to text on Mac, Linux or Unix

pptx2txt.sh

command line bash shell script to convert PowerPoint .pptx format to text on Mac, Linux or Unix

USAGE: pptx2txt.sh [options] PPTX_FILENAME

OPTIONS:

  -v, --verbose     verbose output including filename and slide number heading

  -h, --help        display this help message

redirect output to a text file

./pptx2txt.sh [options] PPTX_FILENAME > output.txt

options for handling non-XML .ppt or Mac keynote (.key) formats

• convert .ppt or .key to .pptx using LibreOffice

  ** .ppt to .pptx **

  libreoffice --headless --convert-to pptx filename.ppt
  ./pptx2txt.sh filename.pptx
  

  ** .key to .pptx ** (LibreOffice 5.x or newer)

  libreoffice --headless --convert-to pptx filename.key
  ./pptx2txt.sh filename.pptx