$ csv2xls --help usage: csv2xls [-s ] [-q ] [-w ] [-d ] [-o ] [file.csv] -s use as seperator char. Auto-detect, default = ',' The string "tab" is allowed. -e use as seperator char. Auto-detect, default = ',' The string "undef" is allowed. -q use as quotation char. Default = '"' The string "undef" will disable quotation. -w use as default minimum column width (4) -o write output to file named , defaults to input file name with .csv replaced with .xls if from standard input, defaults to csv2xls.xls -F allow formula's. Otherwise fields starting with an equal sign are forced to string -f force usage of if already exists (unlink before use) -d use as date formats. Default = 'dd-mm-yyyy' -D cols only convert dates in columns . Default is everywhere. -u CSV is UTF8 -v [] verbosity (default = 1)