Readxls
(since EVL 2.2)
Read XLS sheet and write to <f_out>.
Unless ‘--sheet-index’ or ‘--sheet-name’ is specified, it reads only the first sheet from the file.
It skips the header line, unless option ‘--no-header’ or ‘--match-fields’ is used.
- Readxls
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is to be used in EVS job structure definition file.
<f_out>is either output file or flow name. - evl readxls
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is intended for standalone usage, i.e. to be invoked from command line and writing records to standard output.
EVD and EVS are EVL definition files, for details see evl-evd(5) and evl-evs(5).
Synopsis
Readxls <file> <f_out> (<evd>|-d <inline_evd>) [-m|--match-fields | --no-header] [--sheet-index=<n> | --sheet-name=<name>] [-y|--text-output] evl readxls <file> (<evd>|-d <inline_evd>) [-m|--match-fields | --no-header] [--sheet-index=<n> | --sheet-name=<name>] [-y|--text-output] [-v|--verbose] evl readxls ( --help | --usage | --version )
Options
- -d, --data-definition=<inline_evd>
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either this option or the file
<evd>must be presented. Example: ‘-d 'id int, name string, started timestamp'’ - -m, --match-fields
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read only fields specified by EVD, based on header. All characters other than ‘[a-zA-Z0-9_-]’ are replaced by underscore when matching with EVD field names.
- --no-header
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suppose there is no header
- --sheet-index=<n>
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read
<n>-th sheet, starting from number 0 (i.e. ‘--sheet-index=0’ is the default behaviour) - --sheet-name=<name>
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read sheet with name
<name> - -y, --text-output
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write the output as text, not binary
Standard options:
- --help
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print this help and exit
- --usage
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print short usage information and exit
- -v, --verbose
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print to stderr info/debug messages of the component
- --version
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print version and exit