Try this: * Export table from src-block
#+name: mytable | a | b | | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (save-excursion (org-open-link-from-string "[[mytable]]") (while (not (org-table-p)) (forward-line)) (org-table-export "mytable.csv" "orgtbl-to-csv")) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : Export done. #+BEGIN_SRC sh cat mytable.csv #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : a,b : 1,2 : 3,4 William Denton writes: > I have a big table (with #+NAME: mytable). I can export it to a CSV file by > hand by having the point somewhere in the table and running > > M-x org-table-export > > but how could I do this from a source block? I've got one line so far, but > how > would I get it to be in the table when it runs? There's nothing else in this > file, just a table and then this source block. > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (org-table-export "/tmp/mytable.csv" "orgtbl-to-csv") > #+END_SRC > > Any help appreciated! > > Bill -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
