Excel, CSV and TXT Conversion (Command Line Examples List)

Find numerous examples below that demonstrate how to use the command line. Just pick the type of conversion you're working on and tweak the provided example to fit your particular requirements.

Converting Excel Files

INPUT	OUTPUT	EXAMPLE
Excel	CSV, TSV (any character delimited file)	Convert Excel to CSV comand line examples
Excel	TXT (Fixed Width Text file)	Convert Excel to TXT command line examples
Excel	PDF	Convert Excel to PDF command line examples
Excel	Any File MS Excel Can Save As	Convert Excel to any File MS Excel can save as
XLS	XLSX	Convert XLS to XLSX command line examples
XLSX	XLS	Convert XLSX to XLS command line examples
XLSM	XLS	Convert XLSM to XLS command line examples
Excel	HTML/XML	Convert Excel to HTML/XML command line examples

Converting CSV (any character delimited) Files

INPUT	OUTPUT	EXAMPLE
CSV	XLS	Convert CSV to XLS command line examples
CSV	XLSX	Convert CSV to XLSX command line examples
CSV	TXT (Fixed Width Text File)	Convert CSV to a fixed width TXT file command line examples
CSV	HTML/XML	Convert CSV to HTML/XML command line examples
CSV	Any file MS Excel can save as	Convert CSV to any file MS Excel can save as

Converting Fixed Width Text Files

INPUT	OUTPUT	EXAMPLE
Fixed Width Text	XLS	Convert Fixed Width Text to XLS command line examples
Fixed Width Text	XLSX	Convert Fixed Width Text to XLSX command line examples
Fixed Width Text	CSV, TSV (or any character delimited file)	Convert Fixed Width Text to CSV command line examples
Fixed Width Text	HTML/XML	Convert Fixed Width Text to HTML/XML examples
Fixed Width Text	Any File MS Excel Can Save As	Convert Fixed Width Text to any file MS Excel can Save As

'MS Excel' Method Specific Conversions

INPUT	OUTPUT
Convert any File MS Excel Can Open	Convert any File MS Excel Can Save As