>>> "NS" == Nick Savage <nick@nicksavage.ca> writes:

> If you're looking to go the python route of importing an xls file, you
> could try the xlrd package. It's actually just for xls. I'm not sure
> if it converts to csv, but once you have the spreadsheet open in
> python that should be a pretty trivial exercise.

Thanks, but what I was looking for was a command line package, like the
one I mentioned, xlrd, seems to involve some more fiddling.
I try, for the moment to surve with xlsx files.

Uwe