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.TH RUNXLRD 1 2007-05-24 "xlrd 0.9.2"
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.SH NAME
runxlrd \- extract data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "runxlrd [" options ] " command " [ input\-file\-patterns ]
.\" .RI [ options ] " files" ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B runxlrd
command.
.PP
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\fBrunxlrd\fP offers a commandline interface to the Python xlrd
module; it extracts data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files. For a
complete list of options and commands, run
.B runxlrd
with
.B --help
arguments.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
Show summary of options and exit.
.\".TP
.\".B \-h, \-\-help
.\" Show summary of options and exit.
.\"
.\" .TP
.\" .B \-v, \-\-version
.\" Show version of program.
.TP
.BI "-l " logfilename
Contains error messages.
.TP
\fB\-v\fP \fIverbosity\fP, \fB\-\-verbosity\fP=\fIverbosity\fP
Level of information and diagnostics provided.
.TP
\fB\-m\fP \fImmap\fP, \fB\-\-mmap\fP=\fImmap\fP
1: use mmap; 0: don't use mmap; \-1: accept heuristic.
.TP
\fB\-e\fP \fIencoding\fP, \fB\-\-encoding\fP=\fIencoding\fP
Encoding override.
.TP
\fB\-f\fP \fIformatting\fP, \fB\-\-formatting\fP=\fIformatting\fP
0 (default): no fmt info 1: fmt info (all cells) 2: fmt info (margins trimmed).
.TP
\fB\-g\fP \fIgc\fP, \fB\-\-gc=gc\fP
0: auto gc enabled; 1: auto gc disabled, manual collect after each file; 2: no gc.
.TP
\fB\-s\fP \fIonesheet\fP, \fB\-\-onesheet\fP=\fIonesheet\fP
Restrict output to this sheet (name or index).
.SH COMMANDS
Main commands are
.IP \(bu 2
.B 2rows
.IP \(bu 2
.B 3rows
.IP \(bu 2
.B bench
.IP \(bu 2
.B hdr
.IP \(bu 2
.B labels
.IP \(bu 2
.B names
.IP \(bu 2
.B ov
.IP \(bu 2
.B show
.IP \(bu 2
.B version
.IP \(bu 2
.B xfc
.LP
See the xlrd API documentation for the meaning of these commands.
.SH EXAMPLES
To show the first, second and last rows of each sheet in each file, run
.RS
.B $ runxlrd 3rows *blah*.xls
.RE
.br
Run
.RS
.B $ runxlrd -e koi8_r 3rows myfile.xls
.RE
to explicitly pass the needed codepage to xlrd, e.g. if the codepage record
is missing, or if it exists but is wrong.
.SH SEE ALSO
The xlrd API documentation, shipped in the file xlrd.html.
.br
The
.URL "http://www.python-excel.org" "xlrd website" "."
.SH AUTHOR
runxlrd was written by John Machin.
.PP
This manual page was written by Joost van Baal <joostvb+debian@uvt.nl>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).