git-xlsx-textconv-python

each_cell_on_its_own_line

import xlrd
import sys

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print "Usage: git-xlsx-textconv file.xlsx"
    
    excelFileName = sys.argv[1]

    xlFile = xlrd.open_workbook(excelFileName)
    if not xlFile:
        raise Exception('The file provided was not an readable Excel file.')

    worksheets = xlFile.sheet_names()
    for worksheet_name in worksheets:
        worksheet = xlFile.sheet_by_name(worksheet_name)
        cells = []
        for row_index in xrange(worksheet.nrows):
            row = worksheet.row(row_index)

            if not row:
                continue

            row_as_string = "[{}] row {}:".format(worksheet_name, row_index+1)
            for cell_index in xrange(worksheet.ncols):
                s = str(worksheet.cell_value(row_index, cell_index))
                s = s.replace(r"\\", "\\\\")
                s = s.replace(r"\n", " ")
                s = s.replace(r"\r", " ")
                s = s.replace(r"\t", " ")
                if s:
                    cells.append('{}[col:{}] {}\n'.format(row_as_string, cell_index, s))
            if cells:
                print ''.join(cells)

each_row_on_its_own_line

import xlrd
import sys

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print "Usage: git-xlsx-textconv file.xlsx"
    
    excelFileName = sys.argv[1]

    xlFile = xlrd.open_workbook(excelFileName)
    if not xlFile:
        raise Exception('The file provided was not an readable Excel file.')

    worksheets = xlFile.sheet_names()
    for worksheet_name in worksheets:
        worksheet = xlFile.sheet_by_name(worksheet_name)
        cells = []
        for row_index in xrange(worksheet.nrows):
            row = worksheet.row(row_index)

            if not row:
                continue


            for cell_index in xrange(worksheet.ncols):
                s = str(worksheet.cell_value(row_index, cell_index))
                s = s.replace(r"\\", "\\\\")
                s = s.replace(r"\n", "\\n")
                s = s.replace(r"\r", "\\r")
                s = s.replace(r"\t", "\\t")
                cells.append(s)

            print "[{}]: {}\n".format(worksheet_name, '\t'.join(cells))

Shifted cells = [] into the worksheet area; it was emptying every row before. Also capitalised Exception message and fixed spelling error with extension in usage message.