I don't want to take away the fun you have in creating utilities like this, but have you taken the time to look at the csv2xls utility that I ship with Text-CSV_XS in the examples folder?


usage: csv2xls -s <sep> -q <quot> -w <width> -d <dtfmt>
               -o <xls> file.csv
       -s <sep>   use <sep>   as seperator char. Auto-detect, default = ','
                  The string "tab" is allowed.
       -e <esc>   use <sep>   as seperator char. Auto-detect, default = ','
                  The string "undef" is allowed.
       -q <quot>  use <quot>  as quotation char. Default = '"'
                  The string "undef" will disable quotation.
       -w <width> use <width> as default minimum column width (4)
       -o <xls>   write output to file named <xls>, defaults
                  to input file name with .csv replaced with .xls
                  if from standard input, defaults to csv2xls.xls
       -F         allow formula's. Otherwise fields starting with
                  an equal sign are forced to string
       -f         force usage of <xls> if already exists (unlink before use)
       -d <dtfmt> use <dtfmt> as date formats.   Default = 'dd-mm-yyyy'
       -D cols    only convert dates in columns <cols>. Default is everywhere.
       -u         CSV is UTF8
       -v <lvl> verbosity (default = 1)

It is a script I already use in real-life for ages now. It is a working script that already deals with big files

Updated on 2013-04-23 to show most recent usage and remove restriction


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: CSV to Excel Converter by Tux
in thread CSV to Excel Converter by eric256

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