Converting epubs to Plain-Text?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Who ever this is,
Yes, ebook-convert is the command line tool which is part of calibre that 
can be used for the conversions.
Regards, Willem


On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Question?
> There is an edition of clibre that works from the command line only?
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> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I have not read the full thread, but here goes.
>> Install calibre, then use ebook-convert epubfile.epub plaintextfile.txt
>> for the most basic form.
>> There also is epr, a console-based epub reader.
>> pandoc also will do the basic epub to txt conversion for you.
>> FWIW, Willem
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>> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
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>>>  Hi All.
>>>
>>>  Personally, I like Unoconv.
>>>
>>>  25.11.21 17:47, Linux for blind general discussion ????????:
>>> >  I don't know of any tools specifically for ePub... but I recently
>>> >  found out ePubs are just zip archives with most of the content stored
>>> >  as html files and some metadata files used by ePub readers.
>>> > >  Also, I haven't used it, but I've heard others describe pandoc as the
>>> >  anything to anything else of document conversion.
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