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Extract plain text from MS Word docx files
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gistfile1.txt
unzip -p some.docx word/document.xml | sed -e 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//g; s/[^[:print:]]\{1,\}//g'
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I needed this to diff two word files. I first saved them as text using the above commands and then:

$ wdiff doc1.txt doc2.txt | colordiff

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