ssconvert(1)

1SSCONVERT(1)                         GNOME                        SSCONVERT(1)
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NAME

6       ssconvert - a command line spreadsheet format converter
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SYNOPSIS

10       ssconvert [OPTIONS] infile outfile
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DESCRIPTION

14       ssconvert  is  a  command  line  utility  to  convert spreadsheet files
15       between various spreadsheet file formats. It is a companion utility  to
16       Gnumeric,  the  powerful  spreadsheet  program  created  by  the  GNOME
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OPTIONS

21       This program follows the usual GNU command  line  syntax,  with  single
22       letter  options  starting  with  a single dash (`-') and longer options
23       starting with two dashes (`--').
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26   Main options
27       --list-exporters
28              List the available exporters (file formats)
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31              List the available importers (file formats)
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33       -E, --import-encoding=STRING
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36       -T, --export-type=ID
37              Specify which exporter to use; see below for a list.
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41       -v, --version
42              Display ssconvert's version
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49       -L, --lib-dir=STRING
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LIST OF IDS

57       Gnumeric_xml_sax:xml_sax
58              EXPERIMENTAL SAX based Gnumeric (*.gnumeric)
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67              LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
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EXAMPLE

101       To convert the gnumeric file foo.gnumeric to a Microsoft Excel(TM) file
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BUGS

107       ssconvert is a recent addition to Gnumeric. Its main limitation is that
108       there is currently no  provision  for  importer  or  exporter  specific
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LICENSE

113       ssconvert  is  licensed  under  the terms of the General Public License
114       (GPL), version 2. For information on this license look  at  the  source
115       code  that  came  with  the  software  or  see  the  GNU  project  page
116       ⟨http://www.gnu.org⟩ at http://www.gnu.org/.
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COPYRIGHT

120       The copyright on the gnumeric software and source code is held  by  the
121       individual authors as is documented in the source code.
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AUTHOR

125       ssconvert's primary author is Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>; ssconvert
126       builds on the gnumeric codebase.
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128       The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen  (Ray)
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