tex2docx

tex2docx.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
filename="${1}"
no_extension=${filename%.*}

# echo "Converting Markdown to LaTeX..."
# multimarkdown -t latex ${no_extension}.md > ${no_extension}.tex

echo "Running LaTeX..."
latex -interaction=nonstopmode ${no_extension} > /dev/null

echo "Running Biber..."
biber ${no_extension} > /dev/null

echo "Running LaTeX again..."
latex -interaction=nonstopmode ${no_extension} > /dev/null

echo "Running LaTeX one more time..."
latex -interaction=nonstopmode ${no_extension} > /dev/null

echo "Converting to .odt..."
tex4ht ${no_extension} > /dev/null
mk4ht oolatex ${no_extension} > /dev/null

echo "Converting to .docx (wait while Open/LibreOffice opens and converts the file)..."
## CHANGE THE PATH TO OPEN/LIBREOFFICE HERE!
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin --invisible --convert-to docx "${no_extension}".odt
##

echo "Cleaning up..."
rm "${no_extension}".4ct
rm "${no_extension}".4tc
rm "${no_extension}".aux
rm "${no_extension}".bbl
rm "${no_extension}".bcf
rm "${no_extension}".blg
rm "${no_extension}".dvi
rm "${no_extension}".idv
rm "${no_extension}".lg
rm "${no_extension}".log
rm "${no_extension}".run.xml
rm "${no_extension}".tmp
rm "${no_extension}".xref

echo "...done!"