+#! /usr/bin/perl
+# conver_to_xls converts tab separated files to xls and is released
+# under the terms of the GPL version 2, or any later version, at your
+# option. See the file README and COPYING for more information.
+# Copyright 2008 by Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>.
+# $Id: perl_script 1153 2008-04-08 00:04:20Z don $
+
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+convert_to_xls - convert tab separated files to xls
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+convert_to_xls tsv_file1 [tsv_file2] [options] > foo.xls
+
+ Options:
+ --debug, -d debugging level (Default 0)
+ --help, -h display this help
+ --man, -m display manual
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<--debug, -d>
+
+Debug verbosity. (Default 0)
+
+=item B<--help, -h>
+
+Display brief useage information.
+
+=item B<--man, -m>
+
+Display this manual.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+
+=cut
+
+use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;
+use IO::File;
+
+use vars qw($DEBUG);
+
+my %options = (debug => 0,
+ help => 0,
+ man => 0,
+ );
+
+GetOptions(\%options,
+ 'debug|d+','help|h|?','man|m');
+
+pod2usage() if $options{help};
+pod2usage({verbose=>2}) if $options{man};
+
+$DEBUG = $options{debug};
+
+my @USAGE_ERRORS;
+if (not @ARGV) {
+ push @USAGE_ERRORS,"You must give at least one file";
+}
+
+pod2usage(join("\n",@USAGE_ERRORS)) if @USAGE_ERRORS;
+
+my @FILES=@ARGV;
+@ARGV=();
+
+my $wb = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new(\*STDOUT) or die "Unable to create new spreadsheet";
+for my $file (@FILES) {
+ my $fh = IO::File->new($file,'r') or die "Unable to open $file for reading: $!";
+ my $ws = $wb->add_worksheet($file) or die "Unable to create new worksheet";
+ my $row = 1;
+ while (<$fh>) {
+ chomp;
+ my @row = map {s/^"//; s/"$//; $_} split /\t/,$_;
+ for my $col (0..$#row) {
+ $ws->write($row,$col+1,$row[$col]);
+ }
+ }
+}
+$wb->close;
+
+
+__END__