"wv is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files. It can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats... There is some support for reading earlier formats as well: Word 2 docs are converted to plaintext... wv compiles and works under most operating systems. Although most development is carried out with Linux, wv should work on BSD, Solaris, OS/2, AIX, OSF1, and even (with varying levels of success) AmigaOS VMS."