Wv (software)
The software library wv, also known as wvware or by its previous name mswordview, is a set of free software programs licensed under the GNU General Public License which can be used for viewing and/or converting files in the Microsoft.doc format to plain text, LaTeX, html or other formats.
The wv library provides several tools on the command line of a Unix shell, such as wvText for converting a.doc file to a plain text file. It is used by the program abiword, which provides a GUI interface for reading.doc files.