---
name: "csv2ods"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-odfpy"
version: "1.4.2-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/csv2ods"
---

# csv2ods(1)

." make the size of the head bigger **NAME** **csv2ods - Create OpenDocument spreadsheet from comma separated values**

**." make the size of the head bigger** **SYNOPSIS**

**csv2ods** -i *file.csv* -o *file.ods*

." make the size of the head bigger **DESCRIPTION**

**This program reads a file in CSV format - table of columns delimited by commas, tabs or any other character. It then creates a spreadsheet. If a value looks like a number the cell is formatted as a number as well.**

**." make the size of the head bigger** **OPTIONS**

**--version**

**Show program´s version number and exit**

**-h, --help**

**Show help message and exit**

**-i** *INPUT*, --input=*INPUT*

File input in csv.

\-o *OUTPUT*, --output=*OUTPUT*

File output in ods.

\-d *DELIMITER*, --delimiter=*DELIMITER*

Specifies a one-character string to use as the field separator. It defaults to ",".

\-c *ENCODING*, --encoding=*ENCODING*

Specifies the encoding the file csv. It defaults to utf-8.

\-t *TABLENAME*, --table=*TABLENAME*

The table name in the output file.

\-s *SKIPINITIALSPACE*, --skipinitialspace=*SKIPINITIALSPACE*

Specifies how to interpret whitespace which immediately follows a delimiter. It defaults to False, which means that whitespace immediately following a delimiter is part of the following field.

\-l *LINETERMINATOR*, --lineterminator=*LINETERMINATOR*

Specifies the character sequence which should terminate rows.

\-q *QUOTING*, --quoting=*QUOTING*

It can take on any of the following module constants: 0 = QUOTE\_MINIMAL means only when required, for example, when a field contains either the quotechar or the delimiter. 1 = QUOTE\_ALL means that quotes are always placed around fields. 2 = QUOTE\_NONNUMERIC means that quotes are always placed around fields which do not parse as integers or floating point numbers. 3 = QUOTE\_NONE means that quotes are never placed around fields. It defaults is QUOTE\_MINIMAL.

\-e *ESCAPECHAR*, --escapechar=*ESCAPECHAR*

Specifies a one-character string used to escape the delimiter when quoting is set to QUOTE\_NONE.

\-r *QUOTECHAR*, --quotechar=*QUOTECHAR*

Specifies a one-character string to use as the quoting character. It defaults to ".

." make the size of the head bigger **EXAMPLE**

```

csv2ods -i /etc/passwd -o accounts.odt -d:
```

**." make the size of the head bigger** **AUTHOR**

**Agustin Henze** \<agustinhenze at gmail.com\>

Original author of csv-ods.py