WKS2TEXT(1)

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version 0.4.14 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💅 WKS2TEXT — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay bestie, so this is wks2text, and it's a User Commands girlie, version 0.4.14. she's from libwps, she's July 2025, and she turns your crusty old spreadsheet files into plain text. no cap. let's get into it. ✨

🦋 NAME

wks2text — literally the manual page for wks2text version 0.4.14. that's her. that's the girl. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS

wks2text [OPTION] FILE

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go first, then the file. periodt.

✨ DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — wks2text converts a whole bunch of spreadsheet and database formats into plain text. like, she takes your ancient file and gives you back something you can actually read. iconic behaviour honestly.

the formats she's fluent in? 🌈

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

she said "I contain multitudes" and she meant it. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS

  • -e ENCODING — set the file encoding. and bestie, the encoding list is long. here's every single one she'll accept, no skips, no shortcuts:

CP037, CP424, CP437, CP737, CP500, CP775, CP850, CP852, CP855, CP856, CP857, CP860, CP861, CP862, CP863, CP864, CP865, CP866, CP869, CP874, CP875, 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.

yeah. all of them. she ate and left no crumbs. 👑

  • -h — show this help message. your girl is helpful like that. 🫶
  • -o FILE — set the output file. tell her where to put the text and she will. so organised. ⭐
  • -p PASSWORD — set the password to open the file. locked files? not a problem. she has the keys. 🔑
  • -v — show version information. main character energy. 💜

😭 REPORTING BUGS

found a bug? don't be mean about it, just tell the devs, they're trying their best fr fr. report to:

ngl if something's broken it's giving "please file a report" not "please suffer in silence". go tell them. 🐛

and that's the whole page bestie!! you understood it, I understood it, we're both slaying. go convert some spreadsheets. 💖

— signed, your girl libwps 0.4.14, July 2025 ✨🎀🦋

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