WKS2CSV(1)

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version 0.4.14 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 WKS2CSV(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for wks2csv, a lil User Command that lives in the libwps cinematic universe 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

wks2csv — the manual page for wks2csv 0.4.14, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wks2csv [OPTION] FILE

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like. wks2csv converts a whole bunch of spreadsheet and database formats into CSV. that's the whole vibe. ✨

the formats it supports are:

  • Microsoft Works Spreadsheet and Database
  • Lotus Wk1-Wk4
  • Quattro Pro Wq1-Wq2

periodt. that's the list, and she ate. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h — show this help message 🫶
  • -d CHAR — sets the decimal commas to character CHAR. default is . (yeah, the default is a plain old dot, iconic)
  • -e ENCODING — define the file encoding. and ENCODING can be any one of these absolute queens:
CP037, CP424, CP437, CP737, CP500, CP775, CP850, CP852, CP855,
CP856, CP857, CP860, CP861, CP862, CP863, CP864, CP865, CP866,
CP869, CP874, CP875, CP932, CP950, CP1006, CP1026, CP1250,
CP1251, CP1252, CP1253, CP1254, CP1255, CP1256, CP1257, CP1258,
MacArabic, MacCeltic, MacCEurope, MacCroation, MacCyrillic,
MacDevanage, MacFarsi, MacGaelic, MacGreek, MacGujarati,
MacGurmukhi, MacHebrew, MacIceland, MacInuit, MacRoman,
MacRomanian, MacThai, MacTurkish.
  • -f CHAR — sets the field separator to character CHAR. default is ,
  • -t CHAR — sets the text separator to character CHAR. default is "
  • -o FILE — set the ouput file (yes, that's how it's spelled in the source, we're keeping it fr fr 🙈)
  • -p PASSWORD — set the password to open the file 🔐
  • -v — show version information
  • -N — show the number of sheets
  • -n NUM — choose the sheet to convert. 1 means the first sheet
  • -F — set this to output the formula which exists in the file
  • -D FORMAT — set the date format. default is "%m/%d/%y"
  • -T FORMAT — set the time format. default is "%H:%M:%S"

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

wks2cvs -d, -D"%d/%m/%y" file

that one right there converts a file using the french locale 🥐 (and yes, the command is written wks2cvs in the example — keeping it exactly as it is, don't come for me 💀)

💜 Note 💜

If -F is present, the formula are generated which english names

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? spill it to:

and that's the whole page bestie, you're so welcome 💖 this was libwps 0.4.14, July 2025, signing off — stay slaying, and may all your spreadsheets convert on the first try ✨🦋🎀

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