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NAME

xls2csv - Convert Office spreadsheet format file (.ods, .xls, .xlsx) to one or more CSV files

VERSION

This document describes version 0.004 of xls2csv (from Perl distribution App-OfficeUtils), released on 2020-10-26.

SYNOPSIS

Usage:

% xls2csv [-O] [-a] [--all-worksheets] [--always-dir] [--debug]
    [--format=name] [--json] [--libreoffice-path=s] [--log-level=level]
    [--(no)naked-res] [--no-always-dir] [--no-overwrite] [--noalways-dir]
    [--nooverwrite] [--overwrite] [--page-result[=program]] [--quiet]
    [-s=s+] [--trace] [--verbose] [--view-result[=program]]
    [--worksheet=s+] [--worksheets-json=s] <input_file>
    <output_file_or_dir>

DESCRIPTION

This utility uses Spreadsheet::XLSX to extract cell values of worksheets and put them in one or more CSV file(s). If spreadsheet format is not .xlsx (e.g. .ods or .xls), it will be converted to .xlsx first using Libreoffice (headless mode).

You can select one or more worksheets to export. If unspecified, the default is the first worksheet only. If you specify more than one worksheets, you need to specify output directory instead of output file.

OPTIONS

* marks required options.

Main options

--all-worksheets, -a

Convert all worksheets in the workbook.

--always-dir

Assume output_file_or_dir is a directory even though there is only one worksheet.

--input-file=s*

Path to input file.

--output-file-or-dir=s*

Path to output file or directory.

If not specified, will output to stdout.

--overwrite, -O
--worksheet=s@, -s

Select which worksheet(s) to convert.

Can be specified multiple times.

--worksheets-json=s

Select which worksheet(s) to convert (JSON-encoded).

See --worksheet.

Libreoffice options

--libreoffice-path=s

Logging options

--debug

Shortcut for --log-level=debug.

--log-level=s

Set log level.

--quiet

Shortcut for --log-level=error.

--trace

Shortcut for --log-level=trace.

--verbose

Shortcut for --log-level=info.

Output options

--format=s

Choose output format, e.g. json, text.

Default value:

undef
--json

Set output format to json.

--naked-res

When outputing as JSON, strip result envelope.

Default value:

0

By default, when outputing as JSON, the full enveloped result is returned, e.g.:

[200,"OK",[1,2,3],{"func.extra"=>4}]

The reason is so you can get the status (1st element), status message (2nd element) as well as result metadata/extra result (4th element) instead of just the result (3rd element). However, sometimes you want just the result, e.g. when you want to pipe the result for more post-processing. In this case you can use `--naked-res` so you just get:

[1,2,3]
--page-result

Filter output through a pager.

--view-result

View output using a viewer.

Other options

--help, -h, -?

Display help message and exit.

--version, -v

Display program's version and exit.

COMPLETION

This script has shell tab completion capability with support for several shells.

bash

To activate bash completion for this script, put:

complete -C xls2csv xls2csv

in your bash startup (e.g. ~/.bashrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is recommended, however, that you install modules using cpanm-shcompgen which can activate shell completion for scripts immediately.

tcsh

To activate tcsh completion for this script, put:

complete xls2csv 'p/*/`xls2csv`/'

in your tcsh startup (e.g. ~/.tcshrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is also recommended to install shcompgen (see above).

other shells

For fish and zsh, install shcompgen as described above.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-OfficeUtils.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-OfficeUtils.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-OfficeUtils

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.