Easily Batch Convert All Document Format with Ubuntu

Hii guys, today we will share some tips for you, i'm sure that some day you would need it . This tips is about how to convert document format (that supported by LibreOffice) to pdf, doc. docx, xls, xlsx, odt, ods collectively.

There are many ways to convert a document, one that is commonly use is an online converter, through this tips not only resolve your problem but also you can helping others people to convert their documents via your server (you can build such us web converter portal).

Prepare the Application
To do this job some aplication that need to install are unoconv, LibreOffice, and Ubuntu 11.04 or more, why you need an Ubuntu 11.04 or more because the previous version (of Libreoffice/OpenOffice) is not support for docx and xlsx document.

Install the latest LibreOffice and it's library
On most Ubuntu version LibreOffice is defaulty installed, just upgrade it to the latest version.

• apt-get install libreoffice

Install unoconv
unoconv is a command line utility that can convert any document format (doc, docx. odt, ods, xls, xlsx) that LibreOffice can import, to any file format (xml, pdf, doc, docx. odt, ods, xls, xlsx) that LibreOffice is capable of exporting.

• apt-get install unoconv

To batch convert document you have to work under terminal, prepare a document that will be converted in a folder (can be consist of several sub-folders),  then do following :

Synopsis :

• unoconv [options] to-file from-file

Convert single xls format to pdf

• unoconv -f pdf some-document.xls