# catdoc
> Convert Microsoft Word documents to plain text

## Summary
Convert Microsoft Word .doc files to plain text for command-line processing

## Capabilities
- Convert .doc files to plain text
- Output to stdout for pipeline integration
- Extract text content from Word documents

## When to Use
- You need to extract text from Word documents on the command line
- You want to process .doc files in shell scripts

## When NOT to Use
- You need to convert .docx files (use pandoc)
- You need to preserve formatting

## Related Tools
- [pandoc](/tools/pandoc) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/catdoc
