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Manual

CSV2ODS

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLE
AUTHOR

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NAME

csv2ods - Create OpenDocument spreadsheet from comma separated values

SYNOPSIS

csv2ods -i file.csv -o file.ods

DESCRIPTION

This program reads a file in CSV format - table of columns delimited by commas, tabs or any other character. It then creates a spreadsheet. If a value looks like a number the cell is formatted as a number as well.

OPTIONS

--version

Show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

Show help message and exit

-i INPUT , --input= INPUT

File input in csv.

-o OUTPUT , --output= OUTPUT

File output in ods.

-d DELIMITER , --delimiter= DELIMITER

Specifies a one-character string to use as the field separator. It defaults to ",".

-c ENCODING , --encoding= ENCODING

Specifies the encoding the file csv. It defaults to utf-8.

-t TABLENAME , --table= TABLENAME

The table name in the output file.

-s SKIPINITIALSPACE , --skipinitialspace= SKIPINITIALSPACE

Specifies how to interpret whitespace which immediately follows a delimiter. It defaults to False, which means that whitespace immediately following a delimiter is part of the following field.

-l LINETERMINATOR , --lineterminator= LINETERMINATOR

Specifies the character sequence which should terminate rows.

-q QUOTING , --quoting= QUOTING

It can take on any of the following module constants: 0 = QUOTE_MINIMAL means only when required, for example, when a field contains either the quotechar or the delimiter. 1 = QUOTE_ALL means that quotes are always placed around fields. 2 = QUOTE_NONNUMERIC means that quotes are always placed around fields which do not parse as integers or floating point numbers. 3 = QUOTE_NONE means that quotes are never placed around fields. It defaults is QUOTE_MINIMAL.

-e ESCAPECHAR , --escapechar= ESCAPECHAR

Specifies a one-character string used to escape the delimiter when quoting is set to QUOTE_NONE.

-r QUOTECHAR , --quotechar= QUOTECHAR

Specifies a one-character string to use as the quoting character. It defaults to ".

EXAMPLE

csv2ods -i /etc/passwd -o accounts.odt -d:

AUTHOR

Agustin Henze <agustinhenze at gmail.com>

Original author of csv-ods.py

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