06-01-2010
Just to clear the record, Perl does have modules for this in the BIFF-based .xls world...although the target does seem to move on a regular basis and one could actually squeak by using XML-based modules on the more recent versions of Excel too:
Cultured Perl: Reading and writing Excel files with Perl
However, thanks for the feedback on your own Java-based direction. Looks like it would work for you.
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image::exiftool::import
Image::ExifTool::Import(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Import(3pm)
NAME
Image::ExifTool::Import - Import CSV and JSON database files
SYNOPSIS
use Image::ExifTool::Import qw(ReadCSV ReadJSON);
$err = ReadCSV($csvFile, \%database);
$err = ReadJSON($jsonfile, \%database);
DESCRIPTION
This module contains routines for importing tag information from CSV (Comma Separated Value) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) database
files.
EXPORTS
Exports nothing by default, but ReadCSV and ReadJSON may be exported.
METHODS
ReadCSV / ReadJSON
Read CSV or JSON file into a database hash.
Inputs:
0) CSV file name.
1) Hash reference for database object.
2) Optional flag to set '-' values to undef in the database. (Used for deleting tags.)
3) [ReadJSON only] Optional character set for converting Unicode escape sequences in strings. Defaults to "UTF8". See the ExifTool
Charset option for a list of valid settings.
Return Value:
These functions return an error string, or undef on success and populate the database hash with entries from the CSV or JSON file.
Entries are keyed based on the SourceFile column of the CSV or JSON information, and are stored as hash lookups of tag name/value for
each SourceFile.
AUTHOR
Copyright 2003-2011, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Image::ExifTool(3pm)
perl v5.12.4 2011-03-12 Image::ExifTool::Import(3pm)