in reply to Re: Create CSV file from xlsx file
in thread Create CSV file from xlsx file

Hi Tux after running the script as u mention its giving error as syntax error at test.pl line 11, near "$ xlscat -S " Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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Re^3: Create CSV file from xlsx file
by marto (Cardinal) on Oct 24, 2013 at 12:00 UTC

    xlscat is a perl script (read the links given), have you simple added the lines Tux gave you to your existing script? If so don't. The examples given to you run from the command line, your script is not required.

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      when i ran the command in cmd it gives error as 'xlscat' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
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        Right click this link and save it, then run it as explained. If you don't have Spreadsheet::Read installed run this from the command line:

        cpan Spreadsheet::Read

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        It'll prompt you to install this and other utility scripts.

        Update: see strike out above.

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      When i ran this command in CMD it gives the below error 'xlscat' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
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        If you just copied the script, the header line is likely to be "wrong". My version states #!/pro/bin/perl, which is a very unlikely location for your location of the perl binary.

        If you install the scripts using cpan Spreadsheet::Read, it is very likely that the headers are automatically updated to reflect the location of your perl binary.


        Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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      Thank you :) In the xlscat script i removed the #!/pro/bin/perl and added the use Spreadsheet::Read,use Text::CSV_XS and ran the command . it creates the file1.csv file but no records are there in the file and it return the below error 
      xlscat -S 1 -C 9-11,21  -c sample.xlsx >file1.csv

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      error:
'xlscat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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        This is confusing, are:

        use Spreadsheet::Read;
use Text::CSV_XS;

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        and

        xlscat -S 1 -C 9-11,21  -c sample.xlsx >file1.csv

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        Different scripts? Why do you have use Text::CSV_XS;? Regardless you need to stop trying things at random in the hope they'll work. It's a poor strategy.

        In order to perform the task you need to you do not need to write a script. Do the following steps, in order, don't do anything else:

        1. Install Spreadsheet::Read, from the command prompt:

        cpan Spreadsheet::Read

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        It will ask if you want to install xlscat as well as other utilities:

        marto@shemp:~$ cpan Spreadsheet::Read
Reading '/home/marto/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:53:02 GMT
Running install for module 'Spreadsheet::Read'
Running make for H/HM/HMBRAND/Spreadsheet-Read-0.49.tgz
Checksum for /home/marto/.cpan/sources/authors/id/H/HM/HMBRAND/Spreads
+heet-Read-0.49.tgz ok

  CPAN.pm: Building H/HM/HMBRAND/Spreadsheet-Read-0.49.tgz

Do you want to install 'xlscat' (Convert Spreadsheet to plain text or 
+CSV) ?  [y] y
Do you want to install 'ss2tk' (Show a Spreadsheet in Perl/Tk) ?  [y] 
+y
Do you want to install 'xls2csv' (Wrapper around xlscat for easy XLS =
+> CSV) ?  [y] y
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good

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        cpan should install any prerequisites required.

        2. run the commands Tux gave you here.

        If you're actually interested in learning how these things work I suggest you spend time reading and understanding the following:

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      Thank you marto:) In windows I am using strawberry-perl 5.18.1.1.
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        So did you do what I suggested and download and run the script? When someone asks for specific information please provide it. I asked for the output of 2 commands.

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