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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-
   separated values to stdout. Numbers  are  printed  without  delimiters,
   strings  are enclosed in the double quotes. Double-quotes inside string
   are doubled.

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
           support 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 format, 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 <[email protected]>, based on biffview by David Rysdam



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