04-17-2014
Shell script for dealing with XLS file with multiple tabs/worksheets
Hey Guys ,
Recently working on a requirement , i had to deal with XLS file with multiple tabs and the requirement was as below :
1. Convert one XLS file with multiple tabs to multiple CSV files.
-- As i was working on MAC , so it was quite easy through APPLESCRIPT to deal with this.But during this , i read lots of forum and learnt that UNIX shell scripting do not have any utility or solution for this.Is this really true?bcaz i everywhere found ppl recommending PERL or other stuff .
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Real Problem.
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2. Once Files are converted to CSV , we have to rename all CSV files with names as in different tab from XLS i.e first CSV should be named as the first tab in that XLS and so on .
Is there anyway in scripting to capture those tab names from XLS?
and if not , what alternative i should try to make this happen ?
I am eagerly looking forward for your replies.
Cheers!!!
Himanshu Sood
Last edited by himanshu sood; 04-17-2014 at 11:29 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
xmtablistinserttabs
XmTabListInsertTabs(library call) XmTabListInsertTabs(library call)
NAME
XmTabListInsertTabs -- A convenience function that inserts tabs into a tab list
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
XmTabList XmTabListInsertTabs(
XmTabList oldlist,
XmTab *tabs,
Cardinal tab_count,
int position);
DESCRIPTION
XmTabListInsertTabs creates a new tab list that includes the tabs in oldlist. This function copies specified tabs to the tab list at the
given position. The first tab_count tabs of the tabs array are added to the tab list. If oldlist is NULL, XmTabListInsertTabs creates a new
tab list containing only the tabs specified.
oldlist Specifies the tab list to add the tabs to. The function deallocates oldlist after extracting the required information.
tabs Specifies a pointer to the tabs to be added to the tab list. It is the caller's responsibility to free the tabs in tabs by using
XmTabFree.
tab_count Specifies the number of tabs in tabs.
position Specifies the position of the first new tab in the tab list. A value of 0 (zero) makes the first new tab the first tab in the tab
list, a value of 1 makes it the second tab, and so on. If position is greater than the number of tabs in oldlist, then the tabs
will be inserted at the end. If position is negative, the count will be backwards from the end. A value of -1 makes the first new
tab the last tab, and so on.
RETURN
If tabs is NULL or tab_count is 0 (zero), this function returns oldlist. Otherwise, it returns a new tab list. The function allocates
space to hold the returned tab list. The application is responsible for managing the allocated space. The application can recover the
allocated space by calling XmTabListFree.
RELATED
XmTabList(3) and XmTabListFree(3).
XmTabListInsertTabs(library call)