xls2csv(1) General Commands Manual xls2csv(1)
NAME
xls2csv - reads MS-Excel file and puts its content as comma-separated
data on standard output
SYNOPSIS
xls2csv [-xlV] [-f format ] [-b string ] [-s charset ] [-d charset ]
[-q number ] [-c char] files
DESCRIPTION
xls2csv reads MS-Excel spreadsheet and dumps its content as comma-sepa-
rated values to stdout. Numbers are printed without delimiters, strings
are enclosed in the double quotes. Double-quotes inside string are dou-
bled.
OPTIONS
-x print unknown Unicode chars as \xNNNN, rather than as question
marks
-l list known charsets and exit successfully
-cchar cell separator char. By default - comma.
-bstring
sheet break string. This string (by default - formfeed) would be
output at the end of each workbook page. This string is printed
after page starting at start of line, but no linefeed would be
automatically added at the end of string. Include newline at the
ent of sheet separator if you want it to appear on separate line
by itself
-gnumber number of decimal digits in the numbers. By default maximal
double precision (system-dependent macro DBL_DIG) is used.
-qnumber
set quote mode. In quote mode 0 cell contents is never quoted.
In quote mode 1 only strings which contain spaces, double quotes
or commas are quoted. In quote mode 2 (default) all cells with
type string are quoted. In quote mode 3 all cells are quoted.
-dcharset`
- specifies destination charset name. Charset file has format
described in CHARACTER SETS section of catdoc(1) manual page. By
default, current locale charset would be used if langinfo sup-
port was enabled at the compile time.
-scharset
- specifies source charset. Typically, Excel files have CODE
PAGE record, which denotes input charset, but for some reason
you may wish to override it.
-fformat
- specifies date/time format to use for output of all Excel date
and time values. If this option is not specified, format,
specified in the spreadsheet is used. On POSIX system any for-
mat, allowed by strftime(3) can be used as value of this option.
Under MS-DOS xls2csv implements limited set of strftime formats,
namely m, d, y, Y, b, l, p, H, M, S.
-V outputs version number
FILES
${HOME}/.catdocrc, catdoc charset files and substitution map files (see
catdoc(1) manual page for details,
SEE ALSO
cat(1), catdoc(1), catppt(1), strings(1), utf(4), unicode(4)
AUTHOR
V.B.Wagner <vitus@45.free.net>, based on biffview by David Rysdam
MS-Word reader Version @catdoc_version@ xls2csv(1)
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