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# textutil
> Used to manipulate text files of various formats.
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> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/textutil.html>.
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- Display information about `foo.rtf` :
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`textutil -info {{path/to/foo.rtf}}`
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- Convert `foo.rtf` into `foo.html` :
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`textutil -convert {{html}} {{path/to/foo.rtf}}`
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- Convert rich text to normal text:
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`textutil {{path/to/foo.rtf}} -convert {{txt}}`
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- Convert `foo.txt` into `foo.rtf` , using Times 10 for the font:
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`textutil -convert {{rtf}} -font {{Times}} -fontsize {{10}} {{path/to/foo.txt}}`
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- Load all RTF files in the current directory, concatenates their contents, and writes the result out as `index.html` with the HTML title set to "Several Files":
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`textutil -cat {{html}} -title "Several Files" -output {{path/to/index.html}} *.rtf`
