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NAME
unoconv - convert any document from and to any OpenOffice supported
format

SYNOPSIS
unoconv [options] file [file2 ..]

unoconv --listener [--server SRV] [--port PRT] [--connections CON]

DESCRIPTION
unoconv is a command line utility that can convert any file format that
OpenOffice can import, to any file format that OpenOffice is capable of
exporting.

unoconv uses the OpenOffice’s UNO bindings for non-interactive
conversion of documents and therefor needs an OpenOffice instance to
communicate with. Therefore if it cannot find one, it will start its
own instance for temporary usage. If desired, one can start a
“listener” instance to use for subsequent connections or even for
remote connections.

OPTIONS
-c, --connection
UNO connection string to be used by the client to connect to an
OpenOffice instance, or used by the listener to make OpenOffice
listen.

Default connection string is "socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"

-d, --doctype
Specify the OpenOffice document type of the backend format.
Possible document types are: document, graphics, presentation,
spreadsheet.

Default document type is 'document'.

-e, --export
Set specific export filter options (related to the used
OpenOffice filter).

eg. for the PDF output filter one can specify: -e PageRange=1-2

-f, --format
Specify the output format for the document. You can get a list
of possible output formats per document type by using the --show
option.

Default document type is 'pdf'.

-i, --import
Set specific import filters options (related to the used
OpenOffice filter).

eg. for some input filters one can specify: -i utf8

-l, --listener
Start unoconv as listener for unoconv clients to connect to.

-o, --outputpath
Directory to put converted documents.

--pipe Use a pipe as an alternative connection mechanism to talk to
OpenOffice.

-p, --port
Port to listen on (as listener) or to connect to (as client).

Default port is '2002'.

-s, --server
Server (address) to listen on (as listener) or to connect to (as
client).

Default server is 'localhost'.

--show List the possible output formats to be used with -f.

--stdout
Print converted output file to stdout.

-t, --template
Specify the template to use for importing styles from. This can
be very useful if you have a corporate identity you have to
apply to every document you distribute.

-T, --timeout
When unoconv starts its own listener, try to connect to it for
an amount of seconds before giving up. Increasing this may help
when you receive random errors caused by the listener not being
ready to accept conversion jobs.

-v, --verbose
Be more and more and more verbose.

ARGUMENTS
You can provide one or more files as arguments to convert each of them
to the specified output format.

EXAMPLES
You can use unoconv in standalone mode, this means that in absence of
an OpenOffice listener, it will starts its own:

unoconv -f pdf some-document.odt
One can use unoconv as a listener (by default localhost:2002) to let
other unoconv instances connect to it:

unoconv --listener &
unoconv -f pdf some-document.odt
unoconv -f doc other-document.odt
unoconv -f jpg some-image.png
unoconv -f xsl some-spreadsheet.csv
kill -15 %-
This also works on a remote host:

unoconv --listener --server 1.2.3.4 --port 4567
and then connect another system to convert documents:

unoconv --server 1.2.3.4 --port 4567

BUGS
unoconv uses the UNO bindings to connect to OpenOffice, in absence of a
usable socket, it will start its own OpenOffice instance with the
correct parameters.

Note
Please see the TODO file for known bugs and future plans.

SEE ALSO
convert(1), file(1), odt2txt

REFERENCES
unoconv is very useful together with the following tools:

Asciidoc
[1]http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

docbook2odf
[2]http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/ A list of possible
import and export formats is available from:

OpenOffice 2.1
[3]http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_2_1

OpenOffice 3.0
[4]http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_3_0

AUTHOR
Written by Dag Wieers, <[5]dag@wieers.com>

RESOURCES
Main web site: [6]http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/

COPYING
Copyright (C) 2007 Dag Wieers. Free use of this software is granted
under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

AUTHOR
Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>.

REFERENCES
1. http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/

2. http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/
http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/

3. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_2_1
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_2_1

4. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_3_0
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Filter/FilterList_OOo_3_0

5. dag@wieers.com
mailto:dag@wieers.com

6. http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/

0.4 20 october 2010 UNOCONV(1)

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