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# 1  
Old 07-31-2012
xls2csv.py won't print to outfile
Hi,

I'm trying to use pyExcelerator's module "xls2csv" converter in ubuntu.

The following works great, except the standard out is in the terminal.
Code:
sudo python xls2csv.py test.xls

I want the csv delimited output to be redirected to a file. When I enter....
Code:
sudo python xls2csv.py test.xls > outfile

it complains and states "bash: outfile: Permission denied".

This is a unix issue right? Why won't it let me print to an outfile?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 07-31-2012
It means what it says: You don't have permission to create 'outfile' in the current directory.

sudo won't help you here since it tries to create the file before running the program.
# 3  
Old 07-31-2012
My interpretation of what you're saying is run it in another directory? and why would it try to create the file before running the program?

---------- Post updated at 11:53 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:50 AM ----------

Got it working! thanks
# 4  
Old 07-31-2012
It tries to create the file before running it because that's how redirection works. You can't change what file stdout goes to for a different program once it's already running, but it's easy to do so in advance. So the shell makes a copy of itself, redirects, and replaces the copy with the program you wanted it to run.
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# 5  
Old 08-01-2012
xls2csv remotely on server doesn't work
Hi Corona688,

I moved the python tar to the server and installed it, but I'm getting an error. It seems that xls2cvs works locally, but I can't get it to work remotely.

Code:
ionadmin@ionT01:/results/analysis/output/Home/TuesdayJuly31_064/plugin_out/variantCaller_out/IonXpress_001$ python /home/ionadmin/tools/pyexcelerator-0.6.4.1/tools/xls2csv.py variants.xls > variants.csv
extracting data from variants.xls
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ionadmin/tools/pyexcelerator-0.6.4.1/tools/xls2csv.py", line 17, in <module>
    for sheet_name, values in parse_xls(arg, 'cp1251'): # parse_xls(arg) -- default encoding
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyExcelerator/ImportXLS.py", line 327, in parse_xls
    ole_streams = CompoundDoc.Reader(filename).STREAMS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyExcelerator/CompoundDoc.py", line 63, in __init__
    self.__build_header()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyExcelerator/CompoundDoc.py", line 105, in __build_header
    raise Exception, 'Not an OLE file.'
Exception: Not an OLE file.

My local computer is the latest Ubuntu LTS, but the server is Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS. Do you think the server is missing dependencies that my local computer has?

EDIT! I am getting the same error both locally and remotely. I tested it on a fresh file in both places.
Last edited by jdilts; 08-01-2012 at 01:49 PM.. Reason: same error both local and remote
# 6  
Old 08-04-2012
Take a close look at that XLS file. Maybe it's corrupted, or from a version of excel new enough to use the new incompatible format.
 
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