xlcat

xlcat is a lightweight, command-line tool that allows you to quickly browse and preview Excel files (.xlsx, .xlsm) directly from your terminal.

🚀 Features

• List all sheets in an Excel file with row and column counts
• Preview a specified number of rows from any sheet
• Automatically detect and list Excel files in directories
• Support for multiple Excel file extensions (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm)

📥 Clone & build

git clone https://github.com/artemdorozhkin/xlcat.git
cd xlcat

go build

🛠 Usage

xlcat <file.xlsx> [options]

Options

Option	Short	Description	Default
--rows	-r	Number of rows to preview	5
--sheet	-s	Sheet name to preview	(none)
--help	-h	Show help information

Examples

Preview the first 10 rows of a specific sheet:

xlcat sales.xlsx --sheet "Q4" --rows 10

List all sheets in a file with their dimensions:

xlcat data.xlsx

List Excel files in a directory:

xlcat ./reports

📦 Dependencies

• excelize — Excel file handling
• tablewriter — Terminal tables

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Made with ❤️ by artemdorozhkin.