Error Message Converting .xlsx

ckn1 · August 27, 2021, 7:43am

Trying to convert spreadsheets to text in headless mode, getting this error:

charlie-desktop-mate:~/Downloads/sheets$ soffice --headless --convert-to txt:Text Tracker.xlsx
convert /home/charlie/Downloads/sheets/Tracker.xlsx -> /home/charlie/Downloads/sheets/Tracker.txt using filter : Text
Error: Please verify input parameters... (SfxBaseModel::impl_store <file:///home/charlie/Downloads/sheets/Tracker.txt> failed: 0xc10(Error Area:Io Class:Write Code:16))

And because I know you need this
charlie-desktop-mate:~/Downloads/sheets$ soffice --version
6.1.5.2 10(Build:2)

mikekaganski · August 27, 2021, 8:01am

And are you able to convert spreadsheets to TXT in interactive mode? Have you tried this? If you did, you would see that there’s no export/save as to TXT, and headless mode just uses the same set of available export filters.

Of course, you may export to CSV; but that is obviously not “TXT”. It is “CSV”, and if necessary (e.g., to provide arguments), its filter name is Text - txt - csv (StarCalc), as described on File Conversion Filter Names page available from Starting LibreOffice Software With Parameters (another natural source of information).

ckn1 · August 27, 2021, 10:32am

With a doc site THAT convoluted, you probably get a lot of opportunities to refine that condescending tone.

That said, your reply did lead me to the solution, so thank you.

mikekaganski · August 27, 2021, 10:48am

First, sorry that you took it that way.
Second, I still find it strange that people tend to deduce “tones” from written words on sites that are inherently international (I’m Russian btw, and English is not my native language).

I know that people often tell me things like that - and I usually get confused, because I don’t mean that (e.g., here I intended to show a train of though that in my opinion should had been helpful to learn how to avoid such mistakes) … but having some advanced language courses to learn peculiarities of polite language is not something I can afford due to other things I’m busy with; since I know that generally people find my replies helpful, I consider that I will live with that.