what shell are you using? On 4/22/06, Chris Norman <cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi people, > I want to change all the RTF files on my computer into TXT ones. I tried the > following: > > for FILE in `locate *.rtf` > do > { > unrtf --nopics --text '$FILE' >'$FILE.txt' > rm -f $FILE > } > done > > But I have a problem, unrtf says there's an error opening the file, but it > won't give me a name, so I don't know if my variable is getting asigned > properly, I just know that for every file, I get a "Can't open file" error. > > Any ideas? > > Cheers. > > PS: I would also like to avoid (if at all possible) the crap that unrtf puts > into the resulting text file, is this possible? > > Cheers, > > Chris Norman > <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >