#!/usr/bin/perl -w use diagnostics; use strict; use Win32::OLE qw(in with); use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; my $file = shift(@ARGV); my $Excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); my $Book = $Excel->Workbooks->Open($file);