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

based on dshefman's code,

import re
import os
import sys
import win32com.client as win32
from win32com.client import constants

# Get path from command line argument
ABS_PATH = sys.argv[1]

def save_as_docx(path):
    # Opening MS Word
    word = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
    doc = word.Documents.Open(path)
    doc.Activate ()

    # Rename path with .docx
    new_file_abs = os.path.abspath(path)
    new_file_abs = re.sub(r'\.\w+$', '.docx', new_file_abs)

    # Save and Close
    word.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(new_file_abs, FileFormat=constants.wdFormatXMLDocument)
    doc.Close(False)

def main():
    source = ABS_PATH

    for root, dirs, filenames in os.walk(source):
        for f in filenames:
            filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(f)

            if file_extension.lower() == ".doc":
                file_conv = os.path.join(root, f)
                save_as_docx(file_conv)
                print("%s ==> %sx" %(file_conv,f))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()