---
name: "olecfexport"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libolecf-utils"
version: "20181231-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/olecfexport"
---

# olecfexport(1)

exports items stored in a Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Compound File (CF)

## NAME

**olecfexport** – exports items stored in a Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Compound File (CF)

## SYNOPSIS

**olecfexport** \[**-c** *codepage*\] \[**-f** *format*\] \[**-l** *logfile*\] \[**-m** *mode*\] \[**-t** *target*\] \[**-dhqvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**olecfexport** is a utility to export items stored in a Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Compound File (CF)

**olecfexport** is part of the **libolecf** package. **libolecf** is a library to access the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Compound File (CF) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-c** *codepage*

  specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258

- **-d**

  dumps the item values in a separate file: ItemValues.txt

- **-f** *format*

  specify the preferred output format, options: all, html, rtf, text (default)

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-l** *logfile*

  specify the file in which to log information about the exported items

- **-m** *mode*

  export mode, option: all, debug, items (default), recovered. 'all' exports the (allocated) items, orphan and recovered items. 'debug' exports all the (allocated) items, also those outside the the root folder. 'items' exports the (allocated) items. 'recovered' exports the orphan and recovered items.

- **-q**

  quiet shows minimal status information

- **-t** *target*

  specify the basename of the target directory to export to (default is the source filename followed by .export)

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# olecfexport file.doc
olecfexport 20101027
...
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libolecf/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2008-2018, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[olecfinfo(1)](/olecfinfo/1.md)