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NAME
ssconvert - a command line spreadsheet format converter
SYNOPSIS
ssconvert [OPTIONS] infile outfile
ssconvert [OPTIONS] --merge-to outfile infile1 infile2 ...
DESCRIPTION
ssconvert is a command line utility to convert spreadsheet files between various spreadsheet file
formats. It is a companion utility to Gnumeric, the powerful spreadsheet program created by the GNOME
project.
ssconvert accepts either file names or URIs as infile outfile. The special URIs fd://0 and fd://1 can be
used for standard input and standard output respectively.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single letter options starting with a single
dash (`-') and longer options starting with two dashes (`--').
Main options
--recalc
Recalculate all cells before writing the result.
--set CELL=CONTENTS
Set the value of CELL to CONTENTS. To put an expression in a cell, add an extra =, for example
--set "A11==A10+1". This option may be repeated as many times as needed. The workbook will be
recalculated after all cells have been set, provided that the workbook is set for automatic
recalculation. If not, recalculation can be forced with --recalc.
-v, --verbose
Be slightly more verbose about what is going on.
--list-exporters
List the available exporters (file formats that can be written).
-T, --export-type=ID
Specify which exporter to use; see below for a list. This is only necessary when the right format
does not follow from the output file name. The list of available export formats can be generated
using the --list-exporters option. However, when image export is requested using the
--export-graphs option, the list of image formats should be consulted instead. That list can be
generated using the --list-image-formats option.
-O, --export-options=optionsstring
Specify parameters for the chosen exporter. optionsstring is a list of parameter=value pairs,
separated by spaces. The parameter names and values allowed are specific to the exporter and are
documented below. Multiple parameters can be specified
--export-graphs
Export the graphs (or charts) inside the input spreadsheet to numbered image files (SVG by
default). The list of available image formats can be printed with --list-image-formats
--list-importers
List the available importers (file formats that can be read). -I, --import-type=ID Specify which
importer to use; see below for a list. This is only necessary when the right format does not
follow from the input file name.
--list-image-formats
List the available image formats for graph export
-E, --import-encoding=STRING
Specify an encoding for imported content.
-M, --merge-to=FILENAME
Merge a collection of workbooks into one. Sheet size will expand to the largest in all the
workbooks. Names in the scope of individual workbooks will end up in the scope of the merged
workbook. The merge will be aborted if there are name conflicts.
-S, --export-file-per-sheet
Export a file for each sheet if the exporter only supports one sheet at a time. The output
filename is treated as a template in which sheet number is substituted for %n, sheet name is
substituted for %s, and sheet object name is substituted for %o in case of graph export. If there
are no substitutions, a default of ".%n" is added.
Help options
--version
Display ssconvert's version.
-h, --help, --usage
Display a brief usage message.
--help-all
Show all help options.
--help-libspreadsheet
Show Gnumeric options.
LIST OF IMPORTER/EXPORTER IDS
The following IDs can be can be used both for import (reading) and export (writing).
Gnumeric_XmlIO:sax
Gnumeric's XML file format (*.gnumeric)
Gnumeric_OpenCalc:openoffice
OpenDocument ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument⟩ or OpenOffice Calc ⟨http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Calc⟩ (*.sxc, *.ods) format. As an exporter, this is
ODF/OpenOffice without foreign elements (*.ods).
Gnumeric_dif:dif
Data Interchange Format ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Interchange_Format⟩ (*.dif)
Gnumeric_paradox:paradox
Paradox database ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_%28database%29⟩ or primary index file
(*.db, *.px)
Gnumeric_stf:stf_assistant
Text (configurable)
Gnumeric_sylk:sylk
MultiPlan ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan⟩ Symbolic Link (SYLK) ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/SYmbolic_LinK_%28SYLK%29⟩ (*.slk)
Gnumeric_Excel:xlsx
Microsoft Excel (tm) 2007 ("Office Open XML", OOXML ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLSX⟩ ) format
LIST OF IMPORTANT IMPORTER IDS
Gnumeric_stf:stf_csvtab
Comma or tab separated values (CSV/TSV) (*.csv)
Gnumeric_html:html
HTML (*.html, *.htm)
Gnumeric_Excel:excel
Microsoft Excel (tm) (*.xls)
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_xml
Microsoft Excel (tm) 2003 SpreadsheetML
LIST OF OTHER IMPORTER IDS
Gnumeric_QPro:qpro
Quattro Pro ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_Pro⟩ (*.wb1, *.wb2, *.wb3)
Gnumeric_applix:applix
Applix (*.as)
Gnumeric_lotus:lotus
Lotus 1-2-3 ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3⟩ (*.wk1, *.wks, *.123)
Gnumeric_mps:mps
MPS (Mathematical Programming System) format ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPS_%28format%29⟩
Linear programming and mixed integer programming file format (*.mps)
Gnumeric_oleo:oleo
GNU Oleo ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Oleo⟩ (*.oleo)
Gnumeric_plan_perfect:pln
PlanPerfect Format (PLN)
Gnumeric_psiconv:psiconv
Psion (*.psisheet)
Gnumeric_sc:sc
SC/xspread
Gnumeric_xbase:xbase
xBase ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBase⟩ (*.dbf) file format
LIST OF IMPORTANT EXPORTER IDS
Gnumeric_OpenCalc:odf
ODF/OpenOffice with foreign elements (*.ods)
Gnumeric_glpk:glpk
GLPK Linear Program Solver
Gnumeric_html:html40
HTML 4.0 (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:html40frag
HTML (*.html) fragment
Gnumeric_html:xhtml
XHTML (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:xhtml_range
XHTML range - for export to clipboard
Gnumeric_pdf:pdf_assistant
Portable Document Format (*.PDF)
Gnumeric_stf:stf_csv
Comma separated values (CSV)
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_dsf
Microsoft Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP & 5.0/95
LIST OF OTHER EXPORTER IDS
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff7
Microsoft Excel (tm) 5.0/95
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff8
Microsoft S Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP
Gnumeric_GnomeGlossary:po
Gnome Glossary PO file format
Gnumeric_html:html32
HTML 3.2 (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:latex
LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
Gnumeric_html:latex_table
LaTeX 2e (*.tex) table fragment
Gnumeric_html:roff
TROFF ⟨http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troff⟩ (*.me) format.
Gnumeric_lpsolve:lpsolve
LPSolve ⟨http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/⟩ Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver
OPTIONS FOR THE PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (*.pdf) EXPORTER
sheet Name of the workbook sheet to operate on. You can specify several sheets by repeating this
option. This is ignored if the object option is given.
active-sheet
Select the active sheet to operate on. The value for this option is irrelevant, but the equal
sign is mandatory.
object Name of the sheet object to print. If this option is given any sheet option is ignored. Only the
first object given is exported.
paper Paper size. Valid values include "A4" for ISO A4 and "na_letter_8.5x11in" for US Letter. If an
individual graph is specified through the object option, then a paper size of "fit" reduces the
size of the paper to the size of the graph.
OPTIONS FOR THE CONFIGURABLE TEXT (*.txt) EXPORTER
sheet Name of the workbook sheet to operate on. You can specify several sheets by repeating this
option.
active-sheet
Select the active sheet to operate on. The value for this option is irrelevant, but the equal
sign is mandatory.
eol End Of Line convention; how lines are terminated. "unix" for linefeed, "mac" for carriage return;
"windows" for carriage return plus linefeed.
charset
The character encoding of the output. Defaults to UTF-8.
locale The locale to use for number and date formatting. Defaults to the current locale as reported by
locale(1). Consult locale -a output for acceptable values.
quote The character or string used for quoting fields. Defaults to "\"" (quotation mark / double quote).
separator
The string used to separate fields. Defaults to space.
format How cells should be formatted. Acceptable values: "automatic" (apply automatic formatting;
default), "raw" (output data raw, unformatted), or "preserve" (preserve the formatting from the
source document).
This deals with the difference between a cell's contents and the way those contents are formatted.
Consider a cell in a Gnumeric input document that was input as "4/19/73" in a US locale, with a
format set to "d-mmm-yyyy" and thus formatted as "19-Apr-1973".
With the default format setting of "automatic" it will be output as "1973/04/19". With "preserve",
the formatting will be preserved and it will be output as "19-Apr-1973". With "raw" it will be
output as "26773" (Gnumeric's internal representation: days since an epoch).
transliterate-mode
How to handle unrepresentable characters (characters that cannot be represented in the chosen
output character set). Acceptable values: "transliterate", or "escape".
quoting-mode
When does data need to be quoted? "never", "auto" (puts quotes where needed), or "always".
Defaults to "auto".
quoting-on-whitespace
Controls whether initial or terminal whitespace forces quoting. Defaults to TRUE.
EXAMPLE
To convert the Gnumeric file foo.gnumeric to a Microsoft Excel(TM) format file foo.xls:
ssconvert foo.gnumeric foo.xls
The export format can be specified explicitly, to override the default (which is based on the file
extension):
ssconvert --export-type=Gnumeric_stf:stf_csv foo.xls foo.txt
To convert an Excel format file statfuns.xls to a text file, specifying the semicolon as the separator
character:
ssconvert -O 'separator=; format=raw' samples/excel/statfuns.xls statfuns.txt
To export the charts from the input file input.gnumeric to numbered SVG files:
ssconvert --export-graphs input.gnumeric 'output.%n.svg'
To export the charts from the input file input.gnumeric to numbered PNG files:
ssconvert --export-type=png --export-graphs input.gnumeric 'output.%n.png'
LICENSE
ssconvert is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3. For
information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project
page ⟨http://www.gnu.org⟩.
COPYRIGHT
The copyright on the Gnumeric software and source code is held by the individual authors as is documented
in the source code.
AUTHOR
ssconvert's primary author is Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>; ssconvert builds on the Gnumeric codebase.
The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO
gnumeric(1), ssdiff(1), ssgrep(1), ssindex(1)
The Gnumeric Homepage ⟨http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/⟩.
The GNOME project page ⟨http://www.gnome.org/⟩.
gnumeric 2020-04-19 SSCONVERT(1)