new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python2
  import sys
  import os
  from pyth.plugins.rtf15.reader import Rtf15Reader
  from pyth.plugins.plaintext.writer import PlaintextWriter
  
  
  def main():
      if len(sys.argv) < 2:
          print("usage %s <rtf_file_name> <txt_file_name>")
      else:
          doc = Rtf15Reader.read(open(os.path.join(sys.argv[1])))
          txt_filename = sys.argv[2]
          with open(os.path.join(txt_filename), "w") as of:
              of.write(PlaintextWriter.write(doc).getvalue())
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      main()
  
subject: add simplified rtf_extractor from PR #22