Include the URL of all hyperlinks in the document's text

Question

In an effort to go "all txt" I need to find a way to make the links in .doc files visible in the text, so that the URLs will remain accessible when I paste the the text into .txt documents.

Will any feature in Pages, Word or OpenOffice allow me to have all the URLs' hyperlinks in a document written beside the hyperlink, in the text? In something like a description[link] pattern.

In some cases there is no description in the link, only the URL. Duplication in these cases would not be problematic.

So, to be clear, do you want plain text as output of all these operations? — slhck, Feb 04 '12 at 17:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 16 '21 at 05:45

If use have basic Word documents, catdoc will probably achieve what you need. It's easy to install on OS X through Homebrew, running brew install catdoc.

Let's convert this Word file.

The output is:

$ catdoc test.doc 
This is   HYPERLINK "http://www.example.com"  a hyperlink .

As you can see, the hyperlink is placed before the description, and the field code can be removed by a simple search and replace for HYPERLINK (note the spaces).

Include the URL of all hyperlinks in the document's text

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