Batch convert old Word .docs to .pdf on Mac

[Terwise]

I have lots of old MS Word docs from the 1980s and 1990s that I’d like to batch convert to .pdfs one folder at a time. I’ve downloaded LibreOffice to my applications folder and run the following line in Terminal (while in the Applications directory):

libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir ~/1987Letters ~/1987Letters/*.doc

The response I keep getting in Terminal is “-bash: libreoffice: command not found”

I know I’m doing something wrong, but I have no idea what. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[oweng]

MacOS is stating it does not recognise the command “libreoffice” most likely because the program is not included on the path. Try using /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/program/soffice in place of “libreoffice”. Similar answer here.