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Sand_Box modified by Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan — Tue, 20 May 2014 23:25:36 -0000

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 -V : display version number 
 -z : display debugging information

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Sand_Box modified by Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan — Tue, 20 May 2014 23:25:36 -0000

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 \--output=&lt;_file_&gt; : specify the output file location 
 -V : display version number 
 -z : display debugging information 
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+[Es:Sand_Box]

Sand_Box modified by Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan — Tue, 20 May 2014 23:25:36 -0000

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-**Basic Operation**
-
-Here is an illustration of the basic operation of csv2odf. 
+Here are illustrations of the operation of csv2odf. The wiki may not look exactly like a document, but maybe you will get the idea of what the various options do.

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+## Basic Operation

 ### **Input** data.csv

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     csv2odf data.csv template.odt output.odt

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+## Examples with options
+
+Click on the option you are interested in to see an example. 
+
+-h : displays help information 
+-v : verbose mode 
+[-H](Option_H) : insert the first csv row into the header 
+-c &lt;_char_&gt; : use _char_ as delimiter instead of comma 
+\--comment=&lt;text&gt; : replace [csv2odf-comment] within the document with &lt;text&gt; 
+-o &lt;_spec_&gt; : specify column order: 2,1,3 = second csv column is first. Also use to leave the contents of a template column: 1,2,,3,4 = the 3rd template column is not overwritten. Useful if a column contains a formula. The formula cell references will be offset to the correct row. 
+-s &lt;_n_&gt; : start reading at the nth row of the csv file 
+-e &lt;_n_&gt; : end reading at the nth row of the csv file 
+-S &lt;_n_&gt; : skip the first n rows of the template file, the header will be the next row after those skipped 
+-t &lt;_n_&gt; : specify which tab or table to add data to, default first table 
+-d &lt;_fmt_&gt; : date format within csv data is specified by _fmt_ string, see -D for codes 
+-D : show a list of date format codes 
+-q : suppress all warning messages 
+-x : create an xml output file instead of odf 
+-n : do not merge the data into output, use with -x to extract test a long line template xml codes 
+\--input=&lt;_file_&gt; : specify the csv data file location 
+\--template=&lt;_file_&gt; : specify the tempate file location 
+\--output=&lt;_file_&gt; : specify the output file location 
+-V : display version number 
+-z : display debugging information

Sand_Box modified by Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan — Tue, 20 May 2014 23:25:36 -0000

Basic Operation

Here is an illustration of the basic operation of csv2odf.

Input data.csv
Template template.odt
Output output.odt
Command

Input data.csv

2011-06-14, "Sweep floor", 30
2011-06-15, "Count beans", 60
2011-07-10, "Pickup chips", 45

Template template.odt

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Date Task Minutes

2000-01-01
Dummy
0

Output output.odt

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Date Task Minutes

2011-06-14
Sweep floor
30

2011-06-15
Count beans
60

2011-07-10
Pickup chips
45

Command

csv2odf data.csv template.odt output.odt