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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reading specific range of columns in an Excel file Post 302929081 by DGPickett on Wednesday 17th of December 2014 01:58:45 PM
Old 12-17-2014
Sometimes apps save csv files with an .xls suffix, so the associate to excel. Otherwise, to batch process them, you need to write in PERL, VB or get them into csv or txt form: How to convert excel file to csv file or text file?
 

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Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	 Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)

NAME
Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros - Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros PURPOSE
To set the keep_leading_zeros flag for the surrounding worksheet or any worksheets that might be contained within this node. NODE NAME
KEEP_LEADING_ZEROS INHERITANCE
CONTAINER ATTRIBUTES
None CHILDREN
None EFFECTS
Alters how leading zeros are interpreted by Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. DEPENDENCIES
None USAGE
<worksheet> ... Cells here will NOT have leading-zeros preserved <keep_leading_zeros> ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved </keep_leading_zeros> ... Cells here will NOT have leading-zeros preserved </worksheet> <keep_leading_zeros> <worksheet> ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved </worksheet> <worksheet> ... Cells here will have leading-zeros preserved </worksheet> </keep_leading_zeros> AUTHOR
Rob Kinyon (rob.kinyon@gmail.com) SEE ALSO
CELL, Spreadsheet::WriteExcel perl v5.14.2 2010-06-17 Excel::Template::Container::KeepLeadingZeros(3pm)
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