NAME 

ssconvert - a command line spreadsheet format converter

SYNOPSIS 

ssconvert [OPTIONS] infile outfile

DESCRIPTION 

ssconvert is a command line utility to convert spreadsheet files between various spreadsheet file formats. It is a companion utility to Gnumeric, the powerful spreadsheet program created by the GNOME project.

OPTIONS 

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single letter options starting with a single dash (`-') and longer options starting with two dashes (`--').

Main options 

--list-exporters
List the available exporters (file formats)
--list-importers
List the available importers (file formats)
-E, --import-encoding=STRING
Specify an encoding for imported content
-T, --export-type=ID
Specify which exporter to use; see below for a list.

Help options 

-v, --version
Display ssconvert's version
-h, --help, --usage
Display a brief usage message

Path options 

-L, --lib-dir=STRING
Set the root library directory
-D, --data-dir=STRING
Adjust the root data directory

LIST OF IDS 

Gnumeric_xml_sax:xml_sax
EXPERIMENTAL SAX based Gnumeric (*.gnumeric)
Gnumeric_dif:dif
Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
Gnumeric_html:roff
TROFF (*.me)
Gnumeric_html:latex
LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
Gnumeric_html:xhtml_range
XHTML range - for export to clipboard
Gnumeric_html:xhtml
XHTML (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:html40frag
HTML (*.html) fragment
Gnumeric_html:html40
HTML 4.0 (*.html)
Gnumeric_html:html32
HTML 3.2 (*.html)
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_dsf
MS Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP & 5.0/95
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff8
MS Excel (tm) 97/2000/XP
Gnumeric_Excel:excel_biff7
MS Excel (tm) 5.0/95
Gnumeric_stf:stf
Text export (configurable)
Gnumeric_XmlIO:gnum_xml
Gnumeric XML file format

EXAMPLE 

To convert the gnumeric file foo.gnumeric to a Microsoft Excel(TM) file foo.xls:

ssconvert --export-type=Gnumeric_Excel:excel_dsf foo.gnumeric foo.xls

BUGS 

ssconvert is a recent addition to Gnumeric. Its main limitation is that there is currently no provision for importer or exporter specific flags.

LICENSE 

ssconvert is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 2. For information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page at http://www.gnu.org/.

COPYRIGHT 

The copyright on the gnumeric software and source code is held by the individual authors as is documented in the source code.

AUTHOR 

ssconvert's primary author is Jody Goldberg < builds on the gnumeric codebase.

The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO 

gnumeric(1)

The Gnumeric Homepage at

The GNOME project page at