Converts a CSV (tab delimited) file to an Excel xlsx file

csv2xlsx.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
FUNCTION: Converts a CSV (tab delimited) file to an Excel xlsx file.

Copyright (c) 2012, Konrad Foerstner <[email protected]>

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"""

import argparse
import csv
import sys
from openpyxl.workbook import Workbook

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("input_file")
args = parser.parse_args()

if not ".csv" in args.input_file:
    sys.stderr.write("Error: File does not have the ending \".csv\".\n")
    sys.exit(2)

input_fh = open(args.input_file)
workbook = Workbook()
sheet = workbook.create_sheet(0)

for row_index, row in enumerate(
    csv.reader(open(args.input_file), delimiter="\t")):
    for col_index, col in enumerate(row):            
        sheet.cell(row = row_index, column = col_index).value = col
workbook.save(open(args.input_file.replace(".csv", ".xlsx") , "w"))