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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Need to convert a pipe delimited text file to tab delimited Post 302940440 by Don Cragun on Sunday 5th of April 2015 05:55:59 PM
Old 04-05-2015
Copying a text file that is not in the proprietary Microsoft binary format expected by excel when it reads a file with the .xls extension obviously does not work (as you have already found).

Did you try what I suggested in post #2 in this thread?
 

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Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)

NAME
Excel::Template::Plus::TT - Extension of Excel::Template to use TT SYNOPSIS
use Excel::Template::Plus::TT; # this is most commonly used through # the Excel::Template::Plus factory my $template = Excel::Template::Plus::TT->new( template => 'greeting.tmpl', config => { INCLUDE => [ '/templates' ] }, params => { greeting => 'Hello' } ); $template->param(location => 'World'); $template->write_file('greeting.xls'); DESCRIPTION
This is an engine for Excel::Template::Plus which replaces the standard Excel::Template template features with TT. See the Excel::Template::Plus docs for more information. METHODS
Accessors config template template_class params Excel::Template compat methods params ($name | $name = $value)> This provides access to getting and setting the parameters, it behaves exactly like the standard CGI.pm-style param method. output Returns the generated excel file. write_file ($filename) Writes the generated excel file to $filename. Housekeeping DEMOLISH This will cleanup any temp files generated in the process. meta Returns the metaclass. BUGS
All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This module was inspired by Excel::Template::TT. AUTHOR
Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2007-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. <http://www.iinteractive.com> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-05-06 Excel::Template::Plus::TT(3pm)
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