Rudy,
> Does anyone know where I can get FREE software that will convert Excel
> files to text files in command line mode ?
Have you considered a perl script? The Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple
module is very easy to use.
This might even work for you (no promises there aren't errors):
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple;
my $xls = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple->read('./source.xls');
my $sheet = ($xls->sheets)[0];
my @data='';
open(CSV, ">./destination.txt");
$" = ",";
while ($sheet->has_data) {
my @data = $sheet->next_row;
for(i=0; i < @data; i++){
# Double Quote Quotes
$data[i] =~ s/"/""/g;
# Quotes around any field containing commas or double quotes
if ($data[i] =~ /[,"]/){
$data[i] = "\"$data[i]\"";
}
}
print CSV "@data\n";
}
close(CSV);
regards,
Craig
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