12-05-2005
Converting csv to xls
Hi,
Can anyone tell the option to change the file type in unix.
i.e. if a file is in csv(Comma Separating Values) format, it should be changed to xls(ordinary MS-Excel) format. But renaming command is not changing to correct file format.
Thanks in advance,
Milton.
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NAME
gsf - archiving utility using the G Structured File library
SYNOPSIS
gsf [OPTION...] SUBCOMMAND ARCHIVE...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page briefly documents the gsf command.
gsf is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to tar(1). It operates on files following one of the structured file formats understood
by the G Structured File library, for example, Microsoft Excel(TM) files.
OPTIONS
Options
-?, --help
Show help options
-v, --version
Display gsf's version
Subcommands
cat Output one or more files in archive
dump Dump one or more files in archive as formatted hexadecimal
help List subcommands
list List files in archive
props Archive list of property names
EXAMPLES
To list the content structure of a Microsoft Excel(TM) file arrays.xls:
gsf list arrays.xls
To dump Workbook, an individual data stream in arrays.xls:
gsf dump arrays.xls Workbook
AUTHORS
gsf's primary authors are Morten Welinder <terra@gnome.org> and Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>.
The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO
gnumeric(1)
The Gnumeric homepage <http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/>
The GNOME project page <http://www.gnome.org/>
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