Pipe To Excel

pipe2excel sends the contents of STDIN or specified files to Microsoft Excel as CSV data.

• Each CSV value is inserted as a string.
  • However, values matching /^\-?[1-9]\d*(\.\d*[1-9])?$/ are treated as numbers.
• The CSV encoding is automatically detected, supporting both UTF-8 and the system's current code page.

Install

You can install pipe2excel in the following ways:

Downloading the Binary

Download the binary package from the Releases page and extract the executable.

Using go install

go install github.com/hymkor/pipe2excel@latest

Using Scoop (Windows)

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hymkor/pipe2excel/master/pipe2excel.json

or

scoop bucket add hymkor https://github.com/hymkor/scoop-bucket
scoop install hymkor/pipe2excel

How to Use

OLE Mode (Windows Only)

C:\> pipe2excel foo.csv bar.csv

C:\> type foo.csv | pipe2excel

This launches Microsoft Excel and opens the CSV files.

Non-OLE Mode (Windows & Linux)

C:\> pipe2excel -o foo.xlsx foo.csv

It does not start Microsoft Excel. Instead, it creates foo.xlsx directly.

Options

• -f string → Field Sperator (default ,)
• -o string → Save to a file and exit immediately without starting Excel
• -v → Show version information

Source CSV Data (Sample)

Output Excel Data (Sample)

History

v0.5.2 (Feb 19 2022)

• Fixed package dependency issues.
• Moved or copied some packages into the internal directory.
• Changed package owner to hymkor.

v0.5.1 (May 28, 2021)

• Added Linux support (requires the -o option).
• #1 Fixed a panic when reading CSV from STDIN and using -o.

v0.5.0 (Aug 08, 2018)

• When -o FILENAME is specified, use tealeg/xlsx instead of go-ole/go-ole.
• Removed -s and -q options; their features are now enabled by -o.

v0.4.0 (Aug 05, 2018)

• Added the -f option to set the field separator.
• No longer treats negative integers as strings.

v0.3.0 (Jul 11, 2018)

• Fixed COM release leak.
• Display help if no arguments are provided and STDIN is not redirected.

0.2.0 (Jul 01, 2018)

• Only treats values matching /^[1-9]\d*(\.\d*[1-9])?$/ as numbers.

v0.1.0 (Jul 01, 2018)

• Inserted all cells as strings.
• Automatically detected encoding (UTF-8 or system code page) and removed the -u option.
• Added the -v option to display the version.

v0.0.1 (Jul 01, 2018)

• Initial prototype.