Can I clean up documents from the command line?

[messiosa]

Hi - I’ve just started to use libreoffice from the command line (linux) to convert doc to docx files and it works like a charm. However, there’s a few more things I need to do to a big number of documents and it would be amazing if there was a a way to do it from cmd:

• Delete all comments for the whole document.
• Clear direct formatting for the whole document.
• Accept all tracked changes.

If there’s any way to do this from the command lineplease let me know. I have a folder of 200+ docx files I need to do this to.

[gtomorrow]

Only, and ONLY, if you know what you’re doing from the command line…

Edit Libreoffice-Files from Command Line

You can do irreparable damage to your files this way. PLEASE test on a copy of your file before proceeding. Don’t make me regret answering this question.

[messiosa]

Thanks for the link gtomorrow, and for the warning. Is the danger that you’re editing the zipped xml files directly, so you can corrupt the whole document?

[gtomorrow]

ABSOLUTELY! That’s why I said to test on a copy of your file.