.rtf to .txt

You can use automator, My posted example did not work, so I removed it
I'm sure you can use it though.

Scratches head, I thought this would be easier. Sorry, I can't see an easy way in Automator.

 

Try this hint.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060309220909384

The command still is in Lion even though the hint says 10.4


example:
That would be:

textutil -convert fmt filename -output path/to/newfile.fmt


So let's say you have a document named "MySource" in a RTF format (in your current directory) and you want to save the result as a file named "Result" in a TXT format (in your Documents directory), you would do the following:

textutil -convert txt MySource.rtf -output ~/Documents/Result.txt

 

Try this Automator workflow.

Extract
- double click to open
- drop files in the top box "get specified finder items"
- in the second box 'add text to finder item names' choose 'replace text' in the dropdown
- type rtf
- select 'extension only' in dropdown
- type 'txt' in replace box
- click 'run' button in top right hand corner

When you quit the workflow choose 'do not save'.