Libre Office Converter - convert XLS to XLSX with Python

A "lightweight" python script which converts XLS files to XLSX using Libre Office in headless mode. Other conversion types should be possible, but are not implemented (yet).

Prerequisites

• Python 2.x or 3.x
• Libre Office

Tested on Ubuntu

Usage

Quick stand-alone conversion

To convert a set of XLS files to XLSX, run the script as such:

python LibreOfficeConverter.py **files

If no files are specified, the script will convert all files in the current working directory.

Run from another Python app

Simple usage in another python application (provided script is in path or same folder):

from LibreOfficeConverter import LibreOfficeConverter
converter = LibreOfficeConverter()
converter.to_xlsx()

Optional arguments:

• verbose Whether to print output from LibreOffice. Default value: False
• files Files to convert. If empty list, convert all in cwd. Default value: []

Contributing

Want to add other conversion options, arguments or features? Feel free to make a pull request!