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 297DD3ED3A for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:25:43 -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 g0AJPhE31910 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:25:43 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0AJPgU21982 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:25:42 -0500 Received: from e24.nc.us.ibm.com (e24.nc.us.ibm.com [32.97.136.230]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0AJPed21974 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:25:42 -0500 Received: from southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com (southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.3.209]) by e24.nc.us.ibm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA09386 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:22:40 -0600 Received: from d04nm109.raleigh.ibm.com (d04nm109.raleigh.ibm.com [9.27.5.148]) by southrelay02.raleigh.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO v5.01) with ESMTP id g0AJPd781658 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:25:39 -0500 Subject: Re: Reading Excel Documents under Linux To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-ID: From: "Jennifer E Jobst" Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:25:44 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D04NM109/04/M/IBM(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 01/10/2002 02:25:39 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: I believe you can save or export Excel files as CSV (comma separated value) files. This dumps to a flat text file where each value in a row is separated by a comma, and rows are separated by carriage returns (e.g. each row starts on a new line). Of course, you have to get someone with Excel to save the file in CSV format in the first place, which may be more trouble than it's worth. :( Best of luck! -j Jennifer E. Jobst Linux Information Development IBM Linux Technology Services (512) 838-8298, T/L 678-8298 Gil Andre cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Reading Excel Documents under Linux blinux-list-admin@ redhat.com 01/10/2002 11:51 AM Please respond to blinux-list This is the GNU solution you probably want. http://www.xlhtml.org/ This utility converts Excel files into HTML file. If you chain utilities, you should be able to convert Excel files to HTML then to ASCII or some other format. Or you could open it under lynx or some other apps. Hope this helps! On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:35:19 -0600 "Martin G. McCormick" wrote: > 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 /----------------------------------------------------\ | Gil Andre -- Technical Writer -- gandre@arkeia.com | | Knox Software: http://www.arkeia.com | |A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation.| \----------------------------------------------------/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list