08-26-2009
Using a shell script only is not possible, I am afraid, given the proprietary format that excel spreadsheets are in. You are probably best helped by using a Perl script:
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spreadsheet::xlsx::utility2007
Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility2007(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility2007(3pm)
NAME
Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility2007 - Utility function for Spreadsheet::XLSX
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
#Declare
use Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility qw(ExcelFmt ExcelLocaltime LocaltimeExcel);
#Convert localtime ->Excel Time
my $iBirth = LocaltimeExcel(11, 10, 12, 23, 2, 64);
# = 1964-3-23 12:10:11
print $iBirth, "
"; # 23459.5070717593
#Convert Excel Time -> localtime
my @aBirth = ExcelLocaltime($iBirth, undef);
print join(":", @aBirth), "
"; # 11:10:12:23:2:64:1:0
#Formatting
print ExcelFmt('yyyy-mm-dd', $iBirth), "
"; #1964-3-23
print ExcelFmt('m-d-yy', $iBirth), "
"; # 3-23-64
print ExcelFmt('#,##0', $iBirth), "
"; # 23,460
print ExcelFmt('#,##0.00', $iBirth), "
"; # 23,459.51
print ExcelFmt('"My Birthday is (m/d):" m/d', $iBirth), "
";
# My Birthday is (m/d): 3/23
DESCRIPTION
Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility exports utility functions concerned with Excel format setting.
ExcelFmt is used by Spreadsheet::XLSX::Fmt2007.pm which is used by Spreadsheet::XLSX.
Functions
This module can export 3 functions: ExcelFmt, ExcelLocaltime and LocaltimeExcel.
ExcelFmt
$sTxt = ExcelFmt($sFmt, $iData [, $i1904]);
$sFmt is a format string for Excel. $iData is the target value. If $flg1904 is true, this functions assumes that epoch is 1904. $sTxt is
the result.
For more detail and examples, please refer sample/chkFmt.pl in this distribution.
ex.
ExcelLocaltime
($iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear, $iwDay, $iMSec) =
ExcelLocaltime($iExTime [, $flg1904]);
ExcelLocaltime converts time information in Excel format into Perl localtime format. $iExTime is a time of Excel. If $flg1904 is true,
this functions assumes that epoch is 1904. $iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear, $iwDay are same as localtime. $iMSec means
1/1,000,000 seconds(ms).
LocaltimeExcel
$iExTime = LocaltimeExcel($iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear [,$iMSec] [,$flg1904])
LocaltimeExcel converts time information in Perl localtime format into Excel format . $iSec, $iMin, $iHour, $iDay, $iMon, $iYear are same
as localtime.
If $flg1904 is true, this functions assumes that epoch is 1904. $iExTime is a time of Excel.
col2int
$iInt = col2int($sCol);
converts a excel row letter into an int for use in an array
This function was contributed by Kevin Mulholland.
int2col
$sCol = int2col($iRow);
convert a column number into column letters NOET: This is quite a brute force coarse method does not manage values over 701 (ZZ)
This function was contributed by Kevin Mulholland.
sheetRef
($iRow, $iCol) = sheetRef($sStr);
convert an excel letter-number address into a useful array address NOTE: That also Excel uses X-Y notation, we normally use Y-X in arrays
$sStr, excel coord (eg. A2).
This function was contributed by Kevin Mulholland.
xls2csv
$sCsvTxt = xls2csv($sFileName, $sRegion, $iRotate);
convert a chunk of an excel file into csv text chunk $sRegions = "sheet-colrow:colrow" (ex. '1-A1:B2' means 'A1:B2' for sheet 1) $iRotate
= 0 or 1 (output should be rotated or not)
This function was contributed by Kevin Mulholland.
AUTHOR
Rob Polocz rob.polocz@trackvia.com based on work by for Spreadsheet::ParseExcel by Kawai Takanori (Hippo2000) used with permission
SEE ALSO
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
COPYRIGHT
This module is part of the Spreadsheet::XLSX distribution.
perl v5.10.1 2010-05-16 Spreadsheet::XLSX::Utility2007(3pm)