I have 10,000 or so NWC files I'd like to search for various strings (e.g., obsolete copyright notices, Web site URLs etc). I can't search the files directly because they're in some proprietary binary format (zipped?)
I was thinking of using NWCTXT, but don't find a way export files in bulk, just one at a time. I found a very old reference to the NWCINFO program, but that doesn't seem to be available any more.
Does anyone know of a utility to export an entire directory tree of NWC files to text with a single command?
NWCINFO has been replaced by NWC-CONV.
You can convert an nwc file to a nwctxt file using this. If you want to convert a whole folder and/or sub folders, you can use a batch file to do it.
To start off, go to a dos command line, and in the noteworthy folder, type nwc-conv to get the options.
If you need further help with a dos batch file, you are welcome to email me.
Or, if you're just interested in the file info, you can "convert" to the output "format" info.
It's easy to overlook this possibility; or at least I did...