Re: xls command line convertion

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le vendredi 02 juin 2006 à 20:28 +0100, paulo fernando silva sapo pt a
écrit :
> Hi to all,
> is it possible to convert files using the command line? As if it was a cli tool?
> Ex: gnumeric --tocsv file.xls
> gnumeric would open the file.xls and save it as file.csv (without ever showing a
> window.
> can this be done?
> if it can't be done yet, is it possible to include such a option in a future
> release/nightly tarball?

Use ssconvert, provided in the gnumeric package:
ssconvert -I Gnumeric_Excel:excel -T Gnumeric_stf:stf_csv file.xls
file.csv

This will export the first sheet.