---
name: "gsf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgsf"
version: "1.14.60-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gsf"
---

# gsf(1)

archiving utility using the G Structured File library

## NAME

gsf - archiving utility using the G Structured File library

## SYNOPSIS

**gsf** \[*OPTION...*\] *SUBCOMMAND* *ARCHIVE...*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **gsf** command.

**gsf** is a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to [**tar**(1)](/tar/1.md). It operates on files following one of the structured file formats understood by the G Structured File library, for example, Microsoft Excel(TM) files.

## OPTIONS

### Options

- **-?, --help**

  Show help options

- **-v, --version**

  Display gsf's version

### Subcommands

- **cat**

  Output one or more files in archive

- **dump**

  Dump one or more files in archive as formatted hexadecimal

- **help**

  List subcommands

- **list**

  List files in archive

- **props**

  Archive list of property names

## EXAMPLES

To list the content structure of a Microsoft Excel(TM) file *arrays.xls*:

gsf list arrays.xls

To dump Workbook, an individual data stream in arrays.xls:

gsf dump arrays.xls Workbook

## AUTHORS

**gsf**'s primary authors are Morten Welinder \<terra@gnome.org\> and Jody Goldberg \<jody@gnome.org\>.

The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) \<jdassen@debian.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**gnumeric**(1)](/gnumeric/1.md)

The Gnumeric homepage ⟨URL: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ ⟩

The GNOME project page ⟨URL: http://www.gnome.org/ ⟩