From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1F93EF1B for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:35:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0AHZKE20384 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:35:20 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0AHZKv06070 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:35:20 -0500 Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (dc.cis.okstate.edu [139.78.100.219]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0AHZJd06065 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:35:19 -0500 Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (localhost.cis.okstate.edu [127.0.0.1]) by dc.cis.okstate.edu (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0AHZJg61835 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Message-Id: <200201101735.g0AHZJg61835@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Reading Excel Documents under Linux Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:19 -0600 From: "Martin G. McCormick" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Is there any non graphical utility in Linux or UNIX that will read Excel documents? I run up against one of these about twice a year or so on a very irregular basis. It is possible to use the strings utility on the binary and at least tell what it is about, but it totally destroys any formatting and only serves to satisfy my curiosity as to what words, etc were in there. It's a really dirty way to access it so I am asking if there is anything better or if anybody who can tell me about it knows the format of an Excel document. If I need to write such a utility, I would love to make it freely available so others can use it so I don't want to go the non disclosure route at all. Martin McCormick