#! /bin/sh
# #############################################################################

       NAME_="word2txt"
       HTML_="convert word to text"
    PURPOSE_="display ms word doc file in ascii format"
   SYNOPSIS_="$NAME_ [-hl] <doc_file> [doc_file...]"
   REQUIRES_="standard GNU commands, catdoc"
    VERSION_="1.0"
       DATE_="2004-07-22; last update: 2004-07-22"
     AUTHOR_="Dawid Michalczyk <dm@eonworks.com>"
        URL_="www.comp.eonworks.com"
   CATEGORY_="text"
   PLATFORM_="Linux"
      SHELL_="bash"
 DISTRIBUTE_="yes"

# #############################################################################
# This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License

usage () {

echo >&2 "$NAME_ $VERSION_ - $PURPOSE_
Usage: $SYNOPSIS_
Requires: $REQUIRES_
Options:
     -h, usage and options (this help)
     -l, see this script"
    exit 1
}

# missing args check
[ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo >&2 missing argument, type $NAME_ -h for help; exit 1; }

# arg handling and main script execution
case $1 in

    -h) usage ;;
    -l) more $0; exit 1 ;;
     *) # main script execution

        # check if required command is in $PATH variable
        which catdoc &> /dev/null
        [[ $? != 0 ]] && { echo >&2 the needed \"catdoc\" command is not in your PATH; exit 1; }

        for a in $@;do
            catdoc -b -s cp1252 -d 8859-1 -a $1
        done ;;

esac