A Linux freeware to convert text file to Excel?

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I'm looking for a Linux freeware that will convert an ascii text file
into an MS Excel (.xls) file. I remember some months ago Gordan Darling
posted a link to such a program. Does anyone remember that?

Thanks
 
I'm looking for a Linux freeware that will convert an ascii text file
into an MS Excel (.xls) file. I remember some months ago Gordan Darling
posted a link to such a program. Does anyone remember that?

Thanks
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Will this one help?

WriteExcel 2.03 - A cross-platform Perl module for creating Excel binary files.

About:
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel is a Perl module which can be used to create native
Excel binary files. Formatted text and numbers can be written to multiple
worksheets in a workbook. Formulas and functions are also supported. It is
100% Perl and doesn't require any Windows libraries or a copy of Excel. It
will also work on the majority of Unix and Macintosh platforms. Generated
files are compatible with Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003, and with
OpenOffice and Gnumeric. An older version also supports Excel 5/95.

Changes:
This release fixes several minor bugs, including a bug that prevented
column outlines from displaying in Excel.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes
License: Artistic License
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/writeexcel/

Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/writeexcel/15767/url_tgz/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.03.tar.gz

Regards
Gordon
 
Gordon said:
Will this one help?

WriteExcel 2.03 - A cross-platform Perl module for creating Excel binary files.

About:
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel is a Perl module which can be used to create native
Excel binary files. Formatted text and numbers can be written to multiple
worksheets in a workbook. Formulas and functions are also supported. It is
100% Perl and doesn't require any Windows libraries or a copy of Excel. It
will also work on the majority of Unix and Macintosh platforms. Generated
files are compatible with Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003, and with
OpenOffice and Gnumeric. An older version also supports Excel 5/95.

Changes:
This release fixes several minor bugs, including a bug that prevented
column outlines from displaying in Excel.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes
License: Artistic License
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/writeexcel/

Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/writeexcel/15767/url_tgz/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.03.tar.gz

Regards
Gordon
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That's one! Many thanks.
 
I'm looking for a Linux freeware that will convert an ascii text file
into an MS Excel (.xls) file. I remember some months ago Gordan Darling
posted a link to such a program. Does anyone remember that?
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gnumeric includes a utility called 'ssconvert' which does simple
command line conversions to and from any format Gnumeric supports.

eg
ssconvert foo.csv foo.xls
 
is this windows group or linuxxx??

Jody Goldberg said:
gnumeric includes a utility called 'ssconvert' which does simple
command line conversions to and from any format Gnumeric supports.

eg
ssconvert foo.csv foo.xls
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