Any Multi-Format Document Reading Lib for Python /or C? [closed]

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Is there any good Document Parsing Lib , in C or Python? I am trying to Parse Strings from Documents - PDF, Word Doc/Docx , Excel xls/x , PPT, ODF, and also Mac Formats.

Please Recommand Solutions that would also work in Linux/Unix enviorment.

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http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PyUNO_bridge

so you will use openoffice python api to open/parse documents it supports all openoffice's supported document types

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For everone seeking this, I found tika most complete document parsing library. Its not C but its java and Fast enough (when its run inside Nailgun).

tika.apache.org