---
name: "ssindex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumeric"
version: "1.12.62-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ssindex"
---

# ssindex(1)

generate index data for spreadsheet files

## NAME

ssindex - generate index data for spreadsheet files

## SYNOPSIS

**ssindex**  \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*FILES*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**ssindex** is a command line utility to generate index data for various spreadsheet file formats. It is primarily used by the **Beagle** indexing sub-system and search aggregator.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single letter options starting with a single dash (\`-') and longer options starting with two dashes (\`--').

### Main options

- **-E, --import-encoding=*ENCODING***

  Specify an encoding for imported content

- **-i, --index**

  Index the given files

- **-m, --list-mime-types**

  List the MIME types which ssindex is able to read

### Help options

- **-v, --version**

  Display ssindex's version

- **-?, --help**

  Display the supported options

- **--usage**

  Display a brief usage message

## LICENSE

**ssindex** is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3. For information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page ⟨URL: http://www.gnu.org ⟩.

## COPYRIGHT

The copyright on **ssindex** and the **gnumeric** software and source code is held by the individual authors as is documented in the source code.

## AUTHOR

**ssindex**'s primary author is Jody Goldberg \<jody@gnome.org\>; **ssindex** builds on the **gnumeric** codebase.

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

## SEE ALSO

[**beagled**(1)](/beagled/1.md), [**gnumeric**(1)](/gnumeric/1.md), [**ssconvert**(1)](/ssconvert/1.md), [**ssdiff**(1)](/ssdiff/1.md) [**ssgrep**(1)](/ssgrep/1.md)

The Gnumeric Homepage ⟨URL: https://www.gnumeric.org/ ⟩.

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