create word doc file from linux command line

Question

I have some HTML files that I need to distribute in MS Word doc format (don\'t ask!). I can manually open each in OpenOffice and then save as a doc file. But I have quite a few

Answer 1

Abiword can convert files from the command line.

I haven't personally tried it to convert HTML to DOC, but since it supports both those formats, it seems like it's worth a try.

Also, would RTF be good enough? There are lots of converters for HTML->RTF.