1XLS2CSV(1)                  General Commands Manual                 XLS2CSV(1)
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NAME

6       xls2csv - convert binary Excel (.xls) files to CSV
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SYNOPSIS

9       xls2csv  input-file  [-l] [-v] [-e encoding] [-t sheet] [-q quote char]
10       [-f field separator]
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DESCRIPTION

13       xls2csv converts binary Excel files (.xls)  to  comma-separated  values
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16       Unless  otherwise  specified, all sheets in the workbook are processed,
17       and the output values are double-quoted, separated by  semicolons,  and
18       encoded  as  UTF-8.  This  behavior  may be customized with the options
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OPTIONS

22       -l     List sheets contained in the file but do not output  their  con‐
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25       -t sheet
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28       -e encoding
29              The iconv output encoding (default "UTF-8")
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32              The character used to quote strings (default '"')
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35              The character used to separate strings (default ';')
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37       -v     Verbose mode
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BUGS

40       The conversion tool has not been tested on big-endian machines.
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AUTHOR

43       Copyright (C) 2004-2019 the libxls authors
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47                                31 January 2019                     XLS2CSV(1)