Finally: a simple, single file executable, no runtime libs command line tool to convert a CSV file to XLSX. And you may even select line and column ranges. :-)
This programm has been created due to an internal requirement for a Bash shell script. After searching the web I found out that even in 2017 there is no simple, binary executable that does not need any runtime, virtual machine or whatever. All you need is a compiler for the Go programming language. If you do not want to compile the source and you decide to trust me (no warranty whatsoever, see the license below), you may download the binary.
Here are the SHA-256 checksums for the binaries:
d65d1e3c81572e09d5807bd05da0c4444583cb0bb47004d1b18b98567cfbf113 csv2xlsx_386.exe
1d03d57ba4e274ab258a0ac7b8d4214b56cc7ade0ebb8b852aa2109bf000a4bd csv2xlsx_amd64.exe
81587129a57c925ffbd8e152b4728ce1c147f05a556ecb9cd4551d738d070c4a csv2xlsx_linux_386
102903ddc4d57cc971438772def756780500d8e32a5892f8adc1282e1cc56ea2 csv2xlsx_linux_amd64
98f0976b8c78c820965dbc0a9f869a911892f566ccdf16040d53d0a8ae0eccbd csv2xlsx_osx
You execute the program from the command prompt of your operating system.
Ths most basic use case is csv2xlsx -infile test.csv -outfile result.xlsx, where you
take an input CSV file in UTF-8 and write out the .xslx file under a new file name.
To list all available options start csv2xlsx with the option --help.
Codepage037 Codepage437 Codepage850 Codepage852 Codepage855
Codepage858 Codepage860 Codepage862 Codepage863 Codepage865
Codepage866 Codepage1047 Codepage1140
ISO8859_1 ISO8859_2 ISO8859_3 ISO8859_4 ISO8859_5
ISO8859_6 ISO8859_6E ISO8859_6I ISO8859_7 ISO8859_8
ISO8859_8E ISO8859_8I ISO8859_9 ISO8859_10 ISO8859_13
ISO8859_14 ISO8859_15 ISO8859_16
Koi8r Koi8u
Macintosh MacintoshCyrillic
Windows874 Windows1250 Windows1251 Windows1252 Windows1253
Windows1254 Windows1255 Windows1256 Windows1257 Windows1258
This tool fulfills a special requirement and I will extend its functionality, if need arises. As I found out there are lots of people looking for such a tool, I decided to make it publicly available. I am in the process of learning Go and therefore I am sure there are much better, more Go-idiomatic ways to achieve this functionality. If you have feedback on how to improve the code or want to contribute, please do not hesitate to do so. I'd really like to improve my GO skills and learn things. As my spare time for coding is limited to some hours around midnight a week, so please have some patience with my answers. I am still amazed what you can accomplish within less than 500 lines of code in terms of making my admin part of life easier. :-)