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Old 04-25-2013
Perl script to Convert XLSX or XLS files to CSV file

Hi All,

I've got in a situation where I need to convert .xlsx or .xls formatted files into simple text file or .csv file.

I've found many options but doing this using PERL script is the best way I believe.I'm in AIX box.

Perl code should have 2 params while running. i.e

perl <excel2csv.pl> file.xlsx/xls output.csv

I've googled for the same, but didn't find anything concrete. I hope you guys wont disappoint me.

Thanks.

Last edited by manab86; 04-25-2013 at 05:04 AM.. Reason: more info
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Old 04-25-2013
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Originally Posted by manab86
Hi All,

I've got in a situation where I need to convert .xlsx or .xls formatted files into simple text file or .csv file.

I've found many options but doing this using PERL script is the best way I believe.I'm in AIX box.

Perl code should have 2 params while running. i.e

perl <excel2csv.pl> file.xlsx/xls output.csv

I've googled for the same, but didn't find anything concrete. I hope you guys wont disappoint me.

Thanks.
Try this...The target file name is same as the source file name but the extension will be CSV instead of XLS
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;

my $sourcename = shift @ARGV or die "invocation: $0 <source file>\n";
my $source_excel = new Spreadsheet::ParseExcel;
my $source_book = $source_excel->Parse($sourcename) or die "Could not open source Excel file $sourcename: $!";
my $storage_book;

foreach my $source_sheet_number (0 .. $source_book->{SheetCount}-1)
{
 my $source_sheet = $source_book->{Worksheet}[$source_sheet_number];

 print "--------- SHEET:", $source_sheet->{Name}, "\n";

 next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
 next unless $source_sheet->{MinRow} <= $source_sheet->{MaxRow};
 next unless defined $source_sheet->{MaxCol};
 next unless $source_sheet->{MinCol} <= $source_sheet->{MaxCol};

 foreach my $row_index ($source_sheet->{MinRow} .. $source_sheet->{MaxRow})
 {
  foreach my $col_index ($source_sheet->{MinCol} .. $source_sheet->{MaxCol})
  {
   my $source_cell = $source_sheet->{Cells}[$row_index][$col_index];
   if ($source_cell)
   {
    #print "( $row_index , $col_index ) =>", $source_cell->Value, "\t";
    print  $source_cell->Value, "\t";
   }
  } 
  print "\n";
 } 
}
print "done!\n";


Last edited by Franklin52; 04-25-2013 at 09:12 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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