import six from .utils import ShellParser class Parser(ShellParser): """Extract text from rtf files using unrtf. """ def extract(self, filename, **kwargs): # http://superuser.com/a/243089/126633 stdout, stderr = self.run(['unrtf', '--text', filename]) splitter = six.b('-') * 17 + six.b('\n') text_conversion = stdout.split(splitter, 1)[-1] return text_conversion