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Aug 21, 2014 at 16:48 comment added user44370 You could try to build a shell script that leverages identifying the type of file then calling the appropriate tool(like pdftotext).
Aug 21, 2014 at 16:35 history edited Kevin Cox CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 4, 2013 at 12:41 history edited Kevin Cox CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 4, 2013 at 3:00 answer added Jason C timeline score: 1
Nov 4, 2013 at 0:51 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackUnix/status/397164177657450496
Nov 4, 2013 at 0:17 comment added slm Not sure about sfk, sounds like what you want, it's non-standard. stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html
Nov 4, 2013 at 0:08 comment added Kevin Cox Yeah, I don't need high fidelity or anything. Think of getting a quick preview or to index it for searching.
Nov 3, 2013 at 23:59 comment added slm Wait you want just the contents of the file, in a text format?
Nov 3, 2013 at 23:58 answer added slm timeline score: 6
Nov 3, 2013 at 23:40 history asked Kevin Cox CC BY-SA 3.0