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/usr/bin/antiword

Antiword is a free MS Word document reader that can convert .doc files to plain text, PostScript, PDF or XML (DocBook)

From antiword 0.37_git20260603-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running antiword --help (exit 1). permalink

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	Name: antiword
	Purpose: Display MS-Word files
	Author: (C) 1998-2005 Adri van Os
	Version: 0.37  (21 Oct 2005)
	Status: GNU General Public License
	Usage: antiword [switches] wordfile1 [wordfile2 ...]
	Switches: [-f|-t|-a papersize|-p papersize|-x dtd][-m mapping][-w #][-i #][-Ls]
		-f formatted text output
		-t text output (default)
		-a <paper size name> Adobe PDF output
		-p <paper size name> PostScript output
		   paper size like: a4, letter or legal
		-x <dtd> XML output
		   like: db (DocBook)
		-m <mapping> character mapping file
		-w <width> in characters of text output
		-i <level> image level (PostScript only)
		-L use landscape mode (PostScript only)
		-r Show removed text
		-s Show hidden (by Word) text
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a papersizeOutput in Adobe PDF form.man
-fOutput in formatted text form.man
-hGive a help message.man
-i imageThe image level determines how images will be shown.man
-m mappingThis file is used to map Unicode characters to your local character set.man
-p papersizeOutput in PostScript form.man
-rInclude text removed by the revisioning system.man
-sInclude text with the so-called "hidden text" attribute.man
-tOutput in text form.man
-w widthIn text mode this is the line width in characters.man
-x documentOutput in XML form.man
-LIn PostScript mode: use landscape mode.man

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