SSCONVERT(1) GNOME SSCONVERT(1)NAMEssconvert - a command line spreadsheet format converter
SYNOPSISssconvert [OPTIONS] infile outfile
ssconvert [OPTIONS] --merge-to outfile infile1 infile2 ...
DESCRIPTIONssconvert 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 spe‐
cial 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.
--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.
-O, --export-options=optionsstring
Specify parameters for the chosen exporter. optionsstring is a
list of parameter=value pairs, separated by spaces. The parame‐
ter names and values allowed are specific to the exporter and
are documented below. Multiple parameters can be specified
--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.
-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 con‐
flicts.
-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 and/or sheet name is
substituted for %s. If there are not substitutions, a default
of ".%s" is added.
Help options
-v, --version
Display ssconvert's version.
-h, --help, --usage
Display a brief usage message.
--help-all
Show all help options.
--help-libspreadsheet
Show Gnumeric options.
Path options
-L, --lib-dir=STRING
Set the root library directory.
-D, --data-dir=STRING
Adjust the root data directory.
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 sev‐
eral sheets by repeating this option. If this option is not
given the active sheet (i. e. the sheet that was active when the
file was saved) is used. This is ignored if the object option
is given.
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_let‐
ter_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 sev‐
eral sheets by repeating this option. If this option is not
given the active sheet (i. e. the sheet that was active when the
file was saved) is used.
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 pre‐
served 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 "never".
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) for‐
mat 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 stat‐
funs.txt
LICENSEssconvert 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 ALSOgnumeric(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 2011-11-04 SSCONVERT(1)
