---
name: "xlsx2csv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xlsx2csv"
version: "1:0.8.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xlsx2csv"
---

# xlsx2csv(1)

Convert xlsx xml files to csv format

## NAME

xlsx2csv - Convert xlsx xml files to csv format

## SYNOPSIS

```
  xlsx2csv [options] INFILE [OUTPUT FILE]
```

## DESCRIPTION

The conversion uses Expat SAX parser for xml processing.

## STDIN

Use "-" for INFILE to read from the STDIN.

## OPTIONS

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

  Output csv columns delimiter. Use "tab" or "x09" for tab. Defaults to comma.

- **-f DATEFORMAT, --dateformat=DATEFORMAT**

  Set date/time format. See [**strftime**(3)](/strftime/3.md) for %-format specifiers. An example "%Y-%m-%d".

- **-i, --ignoreempty**

  Skip empty lines.

- **-p SHEETDELIMITER, --sheetdelimiter=SHEETDELIMITER**

  Sheet delimiter used to separate sheets, pass "" if you don't want delimiters. DEfaults to "--------".

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

  Output csv fields quoting. Use "none" "minimal" "nonnumeric" or "all". Defaults to none.

- **-r, --recursive**

  Convert recursively.

- **-s SHEETID, --sheet=SHEETID**

  Sheet to convert (0 for all sheets).

- **-h, --help**

  Display short help and exit.

- **--version**

  Display program's version number and exit.

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHORS

Program was written by Dilshod Temirkhodjaev \<tdilshod@gmail.com\>

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto \<jari.aalto@cante.net\>. Released under license GNU GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about the license, visit \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>.