https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68786
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 68786
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: FILTER: headless – delimiter option missing when
exporting from ods to csv
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: Linux (All)
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.0.2.2 release
Component: Spreadsheet
Product: LibreOffice
Problem description:
Currently it is not possible to set the file or text delimiter when converting
a .ods file to .csv using 'soffice –headless' on the command line. The current
default file delimiter is a comma. Comma is a common punctuation mark and
therefor as file delimiter nearly useless when doing some computation after
file conversion to csv with external tools (line length will variate if the
input .ods file includes a cell with a comma).
In OpenOffice there is be pretty complicated way to set the delimiter on the
command line, so I guess the feature exists in LO too, but is currently not
exposed to the user:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Spreadsheets/Filter_Options
Design suggestion how to implement the delimiter feature:
Add three new commands to the command line interface.
--calc-delimiter-file
Sets the calc file delimiter
--calc-delimiter-text
Sets the calc text delimiter
--printstd
Prints the output of any command to std out -> Would allow to process the
output further with other tools.
I've filled a unoconv bug too: https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv/issues/161
Plus, please update the command line help text to include some more
information, some examples and links to web resources.
Operating System: Ubuntu
Version: 4.0.2.2 release
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