Want to import an excel sheet data from from a remote linux server

[envisage]

Hi,

I want to import a Microsoft excel sheet to the linux and then read that file. I want to replace few colums from that sheet according to the date mentioned in one of the coloumn of that sheet itself.

Can any one guide me with the logic to do so with a bash script...

Thanks...

[Dapper Dan]

I wouldn't know how to tell you how to make a shell script for that, but we do (what you are saying you want to do) all the time. We simply install the ftp file transfer app "Krusader" on Linux, open the remote Linux server, drag and drop the file from the server to the local machine, then open it with Gnumeric or OpenOffice. Once the file is edited, simply drag and drop it back. When going from Windows to Linux, there is WinFTP and WinSCP which do pretty much the same thing. Hope this helps.