Batch Export to Text

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Batch Export to Text

2014-09-13 05:21 pm

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?

Re: Batch Export to Text

Reply #1 – 2014-09-13 08:11 pm

NWCINFO has been replaced by NWC-CONV.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.

Re: Batch Export to Text

Reply #2 – 2014-09-13 09:40 pm

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...