NAME Acme::CPANModules::WorkingWithXLS - Working with Excel formats (XLS, XLSX) or other spreadsheet formats like LibreOffice Calc (ODS) VERSION This document describes version 0.001 of Acme::CPANModules::WorkingWithXLS (from Perl distribution Acme-CPANModules-WorkingWithXLS), released on 2022-08-10. DESCRIPTION The following are tools (programs, modules, scripts) to work with Excel formats (XLS, XLSX) or other spreadsheet formats like LibreOffice Calc (ODS). Parsing Spreadsheet::Read is a common-interface front-end for Spreadsheet::ReadSXC (for reading LibreOffice Calc ODS format) or one of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX, or Spreadsheet::XLSX (for reading XLS or XLSX, although Spreadsheet::XLSX is strongly discouraged because it is a quick-and-dirty hack). Spreadsheet::Read can also read CSV via Text::CSV_XS. The module can return information about cell's attributes (formatting, alignment, and so on), merged cells, etc. Getting information Spreadsheet::Read xls-info from App::XLSUtils Iterating/processing with Perl code XLSperl CLI from App::XLSperl lets you iterate each cell (with 'XLSperl -ne' or row with 'XLSperl -ane') with a Perl code, just like you would each line of text with "perl -ne" (in fact, the command-line options of XLSperl mirror those of perl). Only supports the old Excel format (XLS not XLSX). Does not support LibreOffice Calc format (ODS). If you feed it unsupported format, it will fallback to text iterating, so if you feed it XLSX or ODS you will iterate chunks of raw binary data. xls-each-cell from App::XLSUtils xls-each-row from App::XLSUtils Converting to CSV "CATDOC" () contains following the programs "catdoc" (to print the plain text of Microsoft Word documents to standard output), xls2csv (to convert Microsoft Excel workbook files to CSV), and "catppt" (to print plain text of Mirosoft PowerPoint presentations to standard output). Available as Debian package. They only support the older format (XLS and not XLSX). They do not support LibreOffice Calc format (ODS). xls2csv from App::XLSUtils Generating XLS TBD ACME::CPANMODULES ENTRIES * Spreadsheet::Read Author: HMBRAND * Spreadsheet::ReadSXC - Extract OpenOffice 1.x spreadsheet data Author: CORION * Spreadsheet::ParseExcel - Read information from an Excel file. Author: DOUGW * Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX - parse XLSX files Author: DOY * App::XLSUtils * App::XLSperl Author: JONALLEN FAQ What is an Acme::CPANModules::* module? An Acme::CPANModules::* module, like this module, contains just a list of module names that share a common characteristics. It is a way to categorize modules and document CPAN. See Acme::CPANModules for more details. What are ways to use this Acme::CPANModules module? Aside from reading this Acme::CPANModules module's POD documentation, you can install all the listed modules (entries) using cpanm-cpanmodules script (from App::cpanm::cpanmodules distribution): % cpanm-cpanmodules -n WorkingWithXLS Alternatively you can use the cpanmodules CLI (from App::cpanmodules distribution): % cpanmodules ls-entries WorkingWithXLS | cpanm -n or Acme::CM::Get: % perl -MAcme::CM::Get=WorkingWithXLS -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n or directly: % perl -MAcme::CPANModules::WorkingWithXLS -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $Acme::CPANModules::WorkingWithXLS::LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n This Acme::CPANModules module also helps lcpan produce a more meaningful result for "lcpan related-mods" command when it comes to finding related modules for the modules listed in this Acme::CPANModules module. See App::lcpan::Cmd::related_mods for more details on how "related modules" are found. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . SEE ALSO Acme::CPANModules::WorkingWithCSV Acme::CPANModules - about the Acme::CPANModules namespace cpanmodules - CLI tool to let you browse/view the lists AUTHOR perlancar CONTRIBUTING To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub. Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via: % prove -l If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2022 by perlancar . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.