libxls2csv - Man Page
convert binary Excel (.xls) files to CSV
Synopsis
xls2csv input-file [-l] [-v] [-e encoding] [-t sheet] [-q quote char] [-f field separator]
Description
xls2csv converts binary Excel files (.xls) to comma-separated values (CSV), sending the plain-text output to standard out.
Unless otherwise specified, all sheets in the workbook are processed, and the output values are double-quoted, separated by semicolons, and encoded as UTF-8. This behavior may be customized with the options below.
Options
- -l
List sheets contained in the file but do not output their contents.
- -t sheet
Only process the named sheet.
- -e encoding
The iconv output encoding (default "UTF-8")
- -q quote char
The character used to quote strings (default '"')
- -f field separator
The character used to separate strings (default ';')
- -v
Verbose mode
Bugs
The conversion tool has not been tested on big-endian machines.
Author
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