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Asked: 2026-06-07T01:20:55+00:00

The following works and will convert /tmp/file.docx to /tmp/file.pdf . libreoffice3.5. –headless –convert-to pdf

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The following works and will convert /tmp/file.docx to /tmp/file.pdf.

libreoffice3.5. --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp /tmp/file.docx

How would I convert https://www.mysite.com/getfile.php?id=123 (which will return a docx file) and save it as /tmp/file_123.pdf? I would expect it would require wget, piping, and input/output redirecting.

Thank you

EDIT – RESPONSE TO zebediah49’s Post

> libreoffice3.5 --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp <(wget -O - "http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9&controller=detail&task=displayDocument&id=56&x=fc872c033770e3bc8706e6a90bcdff02")

--2012-07-03 14:09:03--  http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9&controller=detail&task=displayDocument&id=56&x=fc872c033770e3bc8706e6a90bcdff02
Resolving www.mysite.com... 99.999.999.999
Connecting to www.mysite.com|99.999.999.999|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 29696 (29K) [application/msword]
Saving to: `STDOUT'

     0K .......... .......... .........                       100% 14.2M=0.002s

2012-07-03 14:09:03 (14.2 MB/s) - `-' saved [29696/29696]

EDIT – RESPONSE TO rekire’s first solution

> wget http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9&controller=detail&task=displayDocument&id=56&x=fc872c033770e3bc8706e6a90bcdff02 --no-check-certificate -O /tmp/file.docx
--2012-07-03 14:34:12--  http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9
Resolving www.mysite.com... bash: --no-check-certificate: command not found
99.999.999.999
Connecting to www.mysite.com|99.999.999.999|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1236 (1.2K) [text/html]
Saving to: `m.php?cid=9.8'

     0K .                                                     100% 42.1M=0s

2012-07-03 14:34:12 (42.1 MB/s) - `m.php?cid=9.8' saved [1236/1236]

> libreoffice3.5 --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp /tmp/file.docx

EDIT – RESPONSE TO rekire’s second solution

> TMPFILE=`mktemp -u`
> wget http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9&controller=detail&task=displayDocument&id=56&x=fc872c033770e3bc8706e6a90bcdff02 --no-check-certificate -O $TMPFILE
--2012-07-03 14:24:09--  http://www.mysite.com/demo/lib/m.php?cid=9
Resolving www.mysite.com... bash: --no-check-certificate: command not found
99.999.999.999
Connecting to www.mysite.com|99.999.999.999|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1236 (1.2K) [text/html]
Saving to: `m.php?cid=9.5'

     0K .                                                     100% 42.1M=0s

2012-07-03 14:24:09 (42.1 MB/s) - `m.php?cid=9.5' saved [1236/1236]


> libreoffice3.5 --headless --convert-to pdf --outdir /tmp $TMPFILE
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  1. Editorial Team

    Based on your command this two lines should work:

    wget https://www.mysite.com/getfile.php?id=123 --no-check-certificate -O /tmp/file.docx
libreoffice3.5. --headless --convert-to pdf:outfile.pdf --outdir /tmp /tmp/file.docx

    Or like zebediah49 said with a unique filename:

    TMPFILE=`mktemp -u`
wget https://www.mysite.com/getfile.php?id=123 --no-check-certificate -O $TMPFILE
libreoffice3.5. --headless --convert-to pdf:outfile.pdf --outdir /tmp $TMPFILE

    Please note: The outfile will be overwritten in every run so you should use also unique names for the output file.

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