textutil
SafeConvert document formats
textutil -convert txt <file.docx>
Converts docx/rtf/html/txt natively — extract text from Word files on Office-less machines.
Examples
textutil -convert txt report.docxWord to plain text
Syntax
textutil -convert txt|html|rtf|docx <file>
Before you run it
Creates converted files only.
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