multiple .doc to .docx file conversion using python

Question

I want to convert all the .doc files from a particular folder to .docx file.

I tried using the following code,

import subprocess
import os
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Answer 1

If you don't like to rely on sub-process calls, here is the version with COM client. It is useful if you are targeting windows users without LibreOffice installed.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import glob
import win32com.client

word = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
word.visible = 0

for i, doc in enumerate(glob.iglob("*.doc")):
    in_file = os.path.abspath(doc)
    wb = word.Documents.Open(in_file)
    out_file = os.path.abspath("out{}.docx".format(i))
    wb.SaveAs2(out_file, FileFormat=16) # file format for docx
    wb.Close()

word.Quit()