Usage:
runxlrd.py [options] command [input-file-patterns]
Commands:
2rows Print the contents of first and last row in each sheet
3rows Print the contents of first, second and last row in each sheet
bench Same as "show", but doesn't print -- for profiling
biff_count[1] Print a count of each type of BIFF record in the file
biff_dump[1] Print a dump (char and hex) of the BIFF records in the file
fonts hdr + print a dump of all font objects
hdr Mini-overview of file (no per-sheet information)
hotshot Do a hotshot profile run e.g. ... -f1 hotshot bench bigfile*.xls
labels Dump of sheet.col_label_ranges and ...row... for each sheet
name_dump Dump of each object in book.name_obj_list
names Print brief information for each NAME record
ov Overview of file
profile Like "hotshot", but uses cProfile
show Print the contents of all rows in each sheet
version[0] Print versions of xlrd and Python and exit
xfc Print "XF counts" and cell-type counts -- see code for details
[0] means no file arg
[1] means only one file arg i.e. no glob.glob pattern
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l LOGFILENAME, --logfilename=LOGFILENAME
contains error messages
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
level of information and diagnostics provided
-m MMAP, --mmap=MMAP 1: use mmap; 0: don't use mmap; -1: accept heuristic
-e ENCODING, --encoding=ENCODING
encoding override
-f FORMATTING, --formatting=FORMATTING
0 (default): no fmt info 1: fmt info (all cells)
-g GC, --gc=GC 0: auto gc enabled; 1: auto gc disabled, manual collect after each file;
2: no gc
-s ONESHEET, --onesheet=ONESHEET
restrict output to this sheet (name or index)
-u, --unnumbered omit line numbers or offsets in biff_dump
-d, --on-demand load sheets on demand instead of all at once
-t, --suppress-timing
don't print timings (diffs are less messy)
-r, --ragged-rows open_workbook(..., ragged_rows=True)
Options (12)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-h, --help | show this help message and exit | help |
-l, --logfilename LOGFILENAME | contains error messages | help |
-v, --verbosity VERBOSITY | level of information and diagnostics provided | help |
-m, --mmap MMAP | 1: use mmap; | help |
-e, --encoding ENCODING | encoding override | help |
-f, --formatting FORMATTING | 0 (default): no fmt info 1: fmt info (all cells) | help |
-g, --gc GC | 0: auto gc enabled; | help |
-s, --onesheet ONESHEET | restrict output to this sheet (name or index) | help |
-u, --unnumbered | omit line numbers or offsets in biff_dump | help |
-d, --on-demand | load sheets on demand instead of all at once | help |
-t, --suppress-timing | don't print timings (diffs are less messy) | help |
-r, --ragged-rows | open_workbook(..., ragged_rows=True) | help |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.