Read with Spreadsheet::XLSX : $VAR1 = bless( { 'Worksheet' => [ bless( { 'DefColWidth' => '8.43', 'MinCol' => 0, 'MaxRow' => 0, 'MinRow' => 0, 'path' => 'worksheets/sheet1.xml', 'MaxCol' => 0, 'Name' => 'Paper.1', 'Cells' => undef }, 'Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Worksheet' ) ], 'Flg1904' => 0, 'FmtClass' => bless( {}, 'Spreadsheet::XLSX::Fmt2007' ), 'SheetCount' => 1 }, 'Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook' );