pptxtract

What is pptxtract?

Command line utility to extract references to external linked and embedded files and URLs to websites. Works with PowerPoint 2007 or later. Requires just the JDK and PicoCLI, no other dependencies yet.

Following file types are extracted:

• xlsx, xls
• docx, doc
• pptx, ppt
• pdf
• txt, csv, ini
• bmp, jpg, jpeg, tiff, tif
• wav

Usage:

        C:\>pptxtract TestData\powerpoint\Slideshow.pptx
        Slideshow.pptx;File1.txt
        Slideshow.pptx;image.bmp
        Slideshow.pptx;File3.ini
        Slideshow.pptx;File2.csv
      

or:

        C:\>type pptfiles.txt | pptxtract
        Slideshow1.pptx;File1.txt
        Slideshow2.pptx;image.bmp
        Slideshow3.pptx;File3.ini
        Slideshow4.pptx;File2.csv
      

        Usage: pptxtract [-hoVx] FILE...
              FILE...                 PowerPoint FILE(S) where paths to embedded or
                                      linked documents shall be extracted. Must be of
                                      PowerPoint 2007 format (or later versions).
                                      Older *.ppt files must be converted into
                                      PowerPoint 2007 (or newer) format before use.
           -h, --help                 Show this help message and exit.
           -o                         When extracting embedded files, this option will
                                      force overwriting existing files.
           -V, --version              Print version information and exit.
           -x, --extract-embeddings   When set, embedded files such as *.docx, *.xlsx or
                                      other *.pptx files will be extracted.
      

Code

Github

Apache 2 License

Downloads

pptxtract-0.0.18.msi