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.\" Title: odscell
.\" Author: Kartikaya Gupta
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 12/22/2010
.\" Manual: User commands
.\" Source: odfpy
.\" Language: English
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.TH "ODSCELL" "1" "12/22/2010" "odfpy" "User commands"
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.SH "NAME"
odscell \- Read and update blocks of cells in OpenDocument spreadsheets files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBodscell\fR\ 'u
\fBodscell\fR \fIfile\&.ods\fR \fIcell\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program reads a cell or block of cells from a file in ODS format, and prints it out in a CSV format to standard output\&. Alternatively, if the \-w flag is set, the program reads in a CSV\-formatted block of cells from standard input, and overwites a cell or block of cells in a file in ODS format\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-\-version
.RS 4
Display the version and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\-h, \-\-help
.RS 4
Display command usage\&.
.RE
.PP
\-r \fIROWS\fR, \-\-rows=\fIROWS\fR
.RS 4
Specify the height of the block of cells, in rows\&. Must be greater than zero\&. Defaults to 1 when the \-w option is not present\&. Defaults to the number of input rows when the \-w option is present\&.
.RE
.PP
\-c \fICOLS\fR, \-\-cols=\fICOLS\fR
.RS 4
Specify the width of the block of cells, in columns\&. Must be greater than zero\&. Defaults to 1 when the \-w option is not present\&. Defaults to the number of input columns when the \-w option is present\&.
.RE
.PP
\-s \fISHEET\fR, \-\-sheet=\fISHEET\fR
.RS 4
The sheet in the ODS file to read/modify\&. Must be greater than zero; defaults to 1\&.
.RE
.PP
\-w
.RS 4
If specified, the spreadsheet will be modified with data from standard input\&. If not specified, the cells from the spreadsheet will be written to standard output\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIfile\&.ods\fR
.RS 4
The ODS file to be read from or modified\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIcell\fR
.RS 4
The top\-left cell of the block of cells to be read from or modified\&. This should be specified in normal spreadsheet format, e\&.g\&. "A1" or "BA23"\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
odscell foo\&.ods A4 # display value in cell A4 on sheet 1 of foo\&.ods
odscell \-r 2 \-c 2 foo\&.ods B2 # display values for cells B2,B3,C2,C3 on sheet 1 of foo\&.ods
echo "hello,world,garbage" | odscell \-c 2 \-w foo\&.ods A1 # write "hello" to cell A1 and "world" to cell A2 on sheet 1 of foo\&.ods
cat bar\&.csv | odscell \-s 2 \-w foo\&.ods A1 # put the CSV data from bar\&.csv into sheet 2 of foo\&.ods
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBKartikaya Gupta\fR
.RS 4
Original author of odscell
.RE
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