batch-docx-to-markdown.sh - converts all docx files to markdown.

batch-docx-to-markdown.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -u
shopt -s nullglob

echo "Batch convert DOCX to Markdown" 
echo "Script downloaded from https://blog.mypapit.net"

if ! command -v pandoc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    printf 'Pandoc is missing. Install it with: sudo apt install pandoc\n' >&2
    exit 1
fi

files=(./*.docx)
if ((${#files[@]} == 0)); then
    printf 'No .docx files found in the current folder.\n'
    exit 0
fi

mkdir -p -- markdown || exit 1
status=0

for file in "${files[@]}"; do
    [[ -f "$file" ]] || continue
    name="${file##*/}"
    [[ "$name" == '~$'* ]] && continue
    output="markdown/${name%.docx}.md"

    if pandoc "$file" --from=docx --to=markdown --wrap=none -o "$output"; then
        printf 'Converted: %s -> %s\n' "$file" "$output"
    else
        printf 'Conversion failed: %s\n' "$file" >&2
        status=1
    fi
done

exit "$status"

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