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Old 12-29-2011
@Pandeesh- the software that I am using already produces that excel in Unix .


@itkamaraj - I've tried that but its not working.
# 9  
Old 12-29-2011
@pandeesh
You cannot modify or interrogate a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet directly using standard unix tools. The file format is not suitable.
# 10  
Old 12-29-2011
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Originally Posted by methyl
@pandeesh
You cannot modify or interrogate a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet directly using standard unix tools. The file format is not suitable.
Yes I believe we should use some excel odbc driver for interrogating .
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Old 12-29-2011
@PratLinux
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the software that I am using already produces that excel in Unix
What is this software? Does it run on unix or Windows?
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Old 12-29-2011
From his initial post I assume the software runs on windows and generate the excel file
 
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