Converter Samples for text/directory handling

 

 

You can easily apply converters to transform proprietary text files into plain text format, or archives into directories.

Here are some samples:

On Windows

Converter Parameters Download
Text file sorting
Name Sort
Pattern *.txt (or any other file pattern which you want to be sorted)
Application

c:\windows\system32\sort.exe
(your system location may be different)

Arguments  $(input) /O $(output)
 None

Adobe PDF
to Text Conversion

Name PDF to TXT
Pattern *.pdf
Application

c:\progs\xpdf\pdftotext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
Name PDF to TXT
Pattern *.pdf
Application

C:\Program Files\Intelligent Converters\demos\p2tagent.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments --src=$(input) --dest=$(output)
Name PDF to TXT
Pattern *.pdf
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber PDF Converter\abcpdf.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 5

Xpdf

Intelligent Converters

ABC Amber

Adobe PDF
to HTML Conversion

Name PDF to HTML
Pattern *.pdf
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber PDF Converter\abcpdf.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 0
ABC Amber
Microsoft Word to Text
Name MS-Word to TXT
Pattern *.doc
Application

C:\Program Files\Ellié Computing\Merge\converters\wordtotext.bat
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
Name MS-Word to TXT
Pattern *.doc
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 7 5

wvWare

ABC Amber

Microsoft Word to HTML
Name MS-Word to HTML
Pattern *.doc
Application

C:\Program Files\Ellié Computing\Merge\converters\wordtohtml.bat
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
Name MS-Word to HTML
Pattern *.doc
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 7 1

wvWare

ABC Amber

RTF to Text
Name RTF to TXT
Pattern *.rtf
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 1 6

ABC Amber

RTF to HTML
Name RTF to HTML
Pattern *.rtf
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 1 1

ABC Amber

CHM to Text
Name CHM to TXT
Pattern *.chm
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 1 6

ABC Amber

CHM to HTML
Name CHM to HTML
Pattern *.doc
Application

C:\Program Files\ABC Amber Text Converter\abctext.exe
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output) 1 1

ABC Amber

GZIP
Name GZIP extraction
Pattern *.gz;*.gzip
Application

C:\Program Files\Ellié Computing\Merge\converters\gzip-conv.bat
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
gzip
RAR
Name RAR extraction
Pattern *.rar
Application

C:\Program Files\Ellié Computing\Merge\converters\unrar-conv.bat
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
WinRAR
7-ZIP
Name 7Z extraction
Pattern *.7z;*.zip;*.tar;*.tgz;*.tbz;*.rar;*.cab;*.arj;*.rpm;*.deb;*.chm
Application

C:\Program Files\Ellié Computing\Merge\converters\un7z-conv.bat
(your location may be different)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
7 Zip

On Linux

Converter Parameters Download
Text file sorting
Name Sort
Pattern *.txt (or any other file pattern which you want to be sorted)
Application

sort

Arguments  $(input) -o $(output)
 None

Adobe PDF
to Text Conversion

Name PDF to TXT
Pattern *.pdf
Application

pdftotext

Arguments $(input) $(output)
Xpdf
BZIP
Name BZIP extraction
Pattern *.bz;*.bz2
Application

bzip-conv
(installed in Ellié Computing Merge directory)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
bzip2
(bzip2 may be installed with the system default packages)
GZIP
Name GZIP extraction
Pattern *.gz
Application

gzip-conv
(installed in Ellié Computing Merge directory)

Arguments $(input) $(output)
gzip
(gzip may be installed with the system default packages)

The BZIP and GZIP samples above are already given in the converters  sub-folder on Unix. Note that they are saved as plain ASCII files with no Unicode signature (many shells do not recognize this signature).

 Please note that batches delivered along with Ellié Computing Merge software assumes that you installed the referenced applications in C:\Program Files. If you wish to install these applications in another location, you can update the batches accordingly.

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