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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to convert Text data to xls? Post 302913417 by cwchen123 on Saturday 16th of August 2014 12:52:23 PM
Old 08-16-2014
Perl code to convert txt file to xls file
You may use Data::Table::Excel, a Perl module, to automate the conversion process. The following example show how to use:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Text::CSV;
use Data::Table::Excel qw(tables2xls);

my $csv = Text::CSV->new({binary => 1, eol => "\n"}) or die "$!\n";

my @table_names;
for my $file (@ARGV) {
    my $csv_file = $file;
    $csv_file =~ s/\.txt/.csv/;
    push @table_names, $csv_file;

    open my $FH_TXT, "<", $file or die "$!\n";
    open my $FH_CSV, ">", $csv_file or die "$!\n";

    while (my $line=<$FH_TXT>) {
    my @cols = split /\s+/, $line;
    $csv->print($FH_CSV, \@cols);
    }

    close $FH_TXT or die "$!\n";
    close $FH_CSV or die "$!\n";
}

my $xls_file = "output.xls";

my @tables;
for my $name (@table_names) {
    my $table = Data::Table::fromFile($name);
    push @tables, $table;
}

my @portraits = map { 1 } @tables;
my @column_headers = map { 0 } @tables;
tables2xls($xls_file, \@tables, undef, undef, \@portraits, \@column_headers);

Save the file to convert.pl or other name. To use the script, remove the long dash line in txt; then do this:

Code:
$ convert.pl record01.txt record02.txt ...

All txt file will be saved to one xls file with each txt file in a seperated sheet.
 

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mac2unix

dos2unix(1)						      General Commands Manual						       dos2unix(1)

NAME

       dos2unix - DOS/MAC to UNIX text file format converter

SYNOPSYS

       dos2unix [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]

       Options:

       [-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents dos2unix, the program that converts plain text files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX format.

OPTIONS

       The following options are available:

       -h --help
	      Print online help.

       -k --keepdate
	      Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.

       -q --quiet
	      Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.

       -V --version
	      Prints version information.

       -c --convmode convmode
	      Sets conversion mode. Simulates dos2unix under SunOS.

       -o --oldfile file ...
	      Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.

       -n --newfile infile outfile ...
	      New  file  mode.	Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be
	      used or you WILL lost your files.

EXAMPLES

       Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.

	      dos2unix

       Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.

	      dos2unix a.txt b.txt

	      dos2unix -o a.txt b.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode.  Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.  Convert	c.txt  from  Mac  to  Unix
       ascii format.

	      dos2unix a.txt -c iso b.txt

	      dos2unix -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt

	      dos2unix -c mac a.txt b.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.

	      dos2unix -k a.txt

	      dos2unix -k -o a.txt

       Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.

	      dos2unix -n a.txt e.txt

       Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.

	      dos2unix -k -n a.txt e.txt

       Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.

	      dos2unix a.txt -n b.txt e.txt

	      dos2unix -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt

       Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt.  Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.

	      dos2unix -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

       The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode.  If you know why is that so, please tell me.

AUTHORS

       Benjamin Lin - <blin@socs.uts.edu.au>

       Bernd Johannes Wuebben (mac2unix mode) <wuebben@kde.org>

MISCELLANY

       Tested environment:

	      Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8

	      SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3

	      MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02

       Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.

SEE ALSO

       unix2dos(1) mac2unix(1)

1995.03.31							   dos2unix v3.0						       dos2unix(1)
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