Hi. On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 03:11:55PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 08/21/2018 12:02 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > On 08/21/2018 11:48 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:14:48AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > I'm not trying to start a flame war or bash Microsoft [...] > > > No worries: I won't try to stop you. > > > > > > > For reasons unbeknownst to me, somehow it got saved as an Excel > > > > OOXML file [...] > > > Go figure. There are masochists out there, aren't there ;-) > > > > > > > [...] Contacting Microsoft Customer Service resulted in > > > > instructions to upgrade Excel to the current version. THere is no > > > > way that I will spend the money to implement that suggestion. > > > Bah. Microsoft at its best. "Trust us", says Nadella. > > > > > > > Is there a Linux application that will allow me to recover the > > > > contents of the file? > > > As others have said, LibreOffice should do. I don't know about xlsx2csv, > > > but an apt search on my box yields > > > > > > tomas@trotzki:~$ apt search ooxml > > > Sorting... Done > > > Full Text Search... Done > > > docx2txt/stable,stable,stable 1.4-0.1 all > > > Convert Microsoft OOXML files to plain text > > > libapache-poi-java/stable,stable,stable 3.10.1-3 all > > > Apache POI - Java API for Microsoft Documents > > > libapache-poi-java-doc/stable,stable,stable 3.10.1-3 all > > > Apache POI - Java API for Microsoft Documents (Documentation) > > > libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl/stable,stable,stable 0.95-1 all > > > module to create Excel spreadsheets in xlsx format > > > unoconv/stable,stable,stable 0.7-1.1 all > > > converter between LibreOffice document formats > > > > > > Unoconv is the machinery behind LibreOffice import; there's docx2txt, > > > which I don't know personally, and Perl's libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl, > > > which I have used to good effect (some assembly required, but if you > > > want to build it into some automatic workflow it might be your cup > > > of tea). No idea about the java thingies. > > > > > > Lots of choice :-) > > > > > > Cheers > > > - -- tomás > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAlt8NE8ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaFBQCbBQky3qzgdbjxa/ENuwU88gPb > > > Kl0An3o7wxkhWsfusgiFbpbhCi3NYC/R > > > =ZnsD > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > Many thanks to all who responded. > > > > LibreOffice did it!!!!!! > > > Sadly, I was mistaken. I opened the wrong file. LibreOffice wouldn't open > the corrupted file.
apt-get install xlsx2csv Reco
