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I know I can easily create a docx file with libreOffice, but I just want to learn more about using bash. Anyone able to explain if it is even possible with the terminal? The touch command does a decent job but it does not specify any extension.






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    File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

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    touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

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    @dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

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  • In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

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I know I can easily create a docx file with libreOffice, but I just want to learn more about using bash. Anyone able to explain if it is even possible with the terminal? The touch command does a decent job but it does not specify any extension.






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    File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

    – dessert
    2 hours ago






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    touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago






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    @dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

    – wjandrea
    1 hour ago











  • In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

    – Terrance
    1 hour ago
















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I know I can easily create a docx file with libreOffice, but I just want to learn more about using bash. Anyone able to explain if it is even possible with the terminal? The touch command does a decent job but it does not specify any extension.






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    File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

    – dessert
    2 hours ago






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    touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    @dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

    – wjandrea
    1 hour ago











  • In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

    – Terrance
    1 hour ago
















  • 1





    File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

    – dessert
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

    – waltinator
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    @dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

    – wjandrea
    1 hour ago











  • In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

    – Terrance
    1 hour ago










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File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

– dessert
2 hours ago





File extensions don’t really matter in Ubuntu, so if you touch file.docx you have a docx file. :) What makes a docx file a docx file for you?

– dessert
2 hours ago




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touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

– waltinator
2 hours ago





touch command lets you specify the extension; touch foo.docx, but that will create an empty file. Is that what you want? Otherwise, loffice --convert-to docx foo.odt will work in a terminal.

– waltinator
2 hours ago




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@dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

– wjandrea
1 hour ago





@dessert docx is a file format: Office Open XML

– wjandrea
1 hour ago













In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

– Terrance
1 hour ago







In Linux, file extensions don't matter. See askubuntu.com/a/803440/231142 It is the contents that matter. Once the file is converted to have a docx (OOXML) inside of it, there are no CLI editors that can edit it anymore. It would now be dependent of the application designed to edit the file. touch creates a blank file ready for any format to be added into it.

– Terrance
1 hour ago












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According to this thread over at Unix & Linux, you can use Pandoc.



From skimming the documentation, I think you could use it like:



echo "Hello" | pandoc -o out.docx


Then out.docx will be a docx file with "Hello" in it.




As well, I found this Python module: python-docx






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    +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

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LibreOffice comes with a command-line tool called libreoffice, this command has a --convert-to option which lets you easily convert files in the same way the GUI program does, e.g.:



libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt


This creates the file file.docx in Office Open XML Text format in the current directory.



Usage example



$ echo some text > file.txt

$ libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt 



convert /home/dessert/file.txt -> /home/dessert/file.docx using filter : Office Open XML Text

$ file file.docx 

file.docx: Microsoft OOXML





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    According to this thread over at Unix & Linux, you can use Pandoc.



    From skimming the documentation, I think you could use it like:



    echo "Hello" | pandoc -o out.docx


    Then out.docx will be a docx file with "Hello" in it.




    As well, I found this Python module: python-docx






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      +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

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    According to this thread over at Unix & Linux, you can use Pandoc.



    From skimming the documentation, I think you could use it like:



    echo "Hello" | pandoc -o out.docx


    Then out.docx will be a docx file with "Hello" in it.




    As well, I found this Python module: python-docx






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      +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

      – dessert
      1 hour ago
















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    According to this thread over at Unix & Linux, you can use Pandoc.



    From skimming the documentation, I think you could use it like:



    echo "Hello" | pandoc -o out.docx


    Then out.docx will be a docx file with "Hello" in it.




    As well, I found this Python module: python-docx






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    According to this thread over at Unix & Linux, you can use Pandoc.



    From skimming the documentation, I think you could use it like:



    echo "Hello" | pandoc -o out.docx


    Then out.docx will be a docx file with "Hello" in it.




    As well, I found this Python module: python-docx







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      +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

      – dessert
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      +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

      – dessert
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    +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

    – dessert
    1 hour ago







    +1 TIL about Pandoc, which in fact can convert a ton of markup formats into each other.

    – dessert
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    LibreOffice comes with a command-line tool called libreoffice, this command has a --convert-to option which lets you easily convert files in the same way the GUI program does, e.g.:



    libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt


    This creates the file file.docx in Office Open XML Text format in the current directory.



    Usage example



    $ echo some text > file.txt
    
$ libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt 
    

    
convert /home/dessert/file.txt -> /home/dessert/file.docx using filter : Office Open XML Text
    
$ file file.docx 
    
file.docx: Microsoft OOXML





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      LibreOffice comes with a command-line tool called libreoffice, this command has a --convert-to option which lets you easily convert files in the same way the GUI program does, e.g.:



      libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt


      This creates the file file.docx in Office Open XML Text format in the current directory.



      Usage example



      $ echo some text > file.txt
      
$ libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt 
      

      
convert /home/dessert/file.txt -> /home/dessert/file.docx using filter : Office Open XML Text
      
$ file file.docx 
      
file.docx: Microsoft OOXML





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        LibreOffice comes with a command-line tool called libreoffice, this command has a --convert-to option which lets you easily convert files in the same way the GUI program does, e.g.:



        libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt


        This creates the file file.docx in Office Open XML Text format in the current directory.



        Usage example



        $ echo some text > file.txt
        
$ libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt 
        

        
convert /home/dessert/file.txt -> /home/dessert/file.docx using filter : Office Open XML Text
        
$ file file.docx 
        
file.docx: Microsoft OOXML





        share|improve this answer















        LibreOffice comes with a command-line tool called libreoffice, this command has a --convert-to option which lets you easily convert files in the same way the GUI program does, e.g.:



        libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt


        This creates the file file.docx in Office Open XML Text format in the current directory.



        Usage example



        $ echo some text > file.txt
        
$ libreoffice --convert-to docx file.txt 
        

        
convert /home/dessert/file.txt -> /home/dessert/file.docx using filter : Office Open XML Text
        
$ file file.docx 
        
file.docx: Microsoft OOXML






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