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Quick Start

sudo curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pankaj28843/3ad78df6290b5ba931c1/raw/soffice.sh > /usr/local/bin/soffice && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/soffice

Create an bash script at /usr/local/bin/soffice with following content

#!/bin/bash

# Need to do this because symlink won't work
# It complains about some .plist files
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice "$@"

Make it executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/soffice

Usage

Convert an excel file to pdf

soffice --headless --convert-to pdf:"calc_pdf_Export" /path/to/some/.xlsx/file
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soffice.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Need to do this because symlink won't work
# It complains about some .plist files
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice "$@"
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