note strat <p>if you want to do it with a one-liner (or look at the code to do it in a program), get excelPerl from [636590|ExcelPerl 0.12 released] and try something like <p><b>Update:</b> Sorry, I misread you. The code for ExcelPerl would be (if your col is number 2):</p> <code> excelPerl.pl -ane "$C->[2]->{FormulaLocal} .= '+99'" -f test.xls </code> <p>If you have got a headline in the first row, just skip it with the additional parameter -h=1</p> <p>Code to convert excel to csv with formulas (doesn't match the question):</p> <code> perl excelPerl.pl -begin "use Text::CSV_XS; $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new( { binary => 1 } )" -ane "$csv->combine( map { $_->{FormulaLocal} } @C); print $csv->string, $/" -f test.xls </code> <p>which produces something like</p> <code> a,b,a+b 1,4,=A2+B2 2,5,=A3+B3 3,2,=A4+B4 4,1,=A5+B5 5,5,=A6+B6 </code> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-123953"> <P> Best regards,<BR> perl -e "s>>*F>e=>y)\*martinF)stronat)=>print,print v8.8.8.32.11.32" </div></div> 636555 636555