1 .TH xls2csv 1 "Version @catdoc_version@" "MS-Word reader"
3 xls2csv \- reads MS-Excel file and puts its content as comma-separated data on standard output
6 .BR "xls2csv " [ -xlV ]
24 reads MS-Excel spreadsheet and dumps its content as comma-separated
25 values to stdout. Numbers are printed without delimiters, strings are
26 enclosed in the double quotes. Double-quotes inside string are doubled.
30 print unknown Unicode chars as \exNNNN, rather than as question marks
33 list known charsets and exit successfully
36 cell separator char. By default - comma.
39 sheet break string. This string (by default - formfeed) would be output
40 at the end of each workbook page. This string is printed after page
41 starting at start of line, but no linefeed would be automatically added
42 at the end of string. Include newline at the ent of sheet separator if
43 you want it to appear on separate line by itself
46 number of decimal digits in the numbers. By default maximal double
47 precision (system-dependent macro DBL_DIG) is used.
50 set quote mode. In quote mode 0 cell contents is never quoted.
51 In quote mode 1 only strings which contain spaces, double quotes or
53 In quote mode 2 (default) all cells with type string are quoted.
54 In quote mode 3 all cells are quoted.
58 - specifies destination charset name. Charset file has format described in
59 CHARACTER SETS section of
61 manual page. By default, current locale
62 charset would be used if langinfo support was enabled at the compile time.
66 - specifies source charset. Typically, Excel files have CODE PAGE
67 record, which denotes input charset, but for some reason you may wish to
71 - specifies date/time format to use for output of all Excel date and
72 time values. If this option is not specified, format, specified in
73 the spreadsheet is used. On POSIX system any format, allowed by
75 can be used as value of this option. Under MS-DOS
77 implements limited set of
80 .BR m ", " d ", " y ", " Y ", " b ", " l ", " p ", " H ", " M ", " S .
84 outputs version number
87 ${HOME}/.catdocrc, catdoc charset files and substitution map files (see
89 manual page for details,
102 V.B.Wagner <vitus@45.free.net>, based on biffview by David Rysdam