Convert XLS to CSV on command line

Question

How could I convert an XLS file to a CSV file on the windows command line.

The machine has Microsoft Office 2000 installed. I\'m open to installing OpenOffice if it\

Answer 1

How about with PowerShell?

Code should be looks like this, not tested though

$xlCSV = 6
$Excel = New-Object -Com Excel.Application 
$Excel.visible = $False 
$Excel.displayalerts=$False 
$WorkBook = $Excel.Workbooks.Open("YOUDOC.XLS") 
$Workbook.SaveAs("YOURDOC.csv",$xlCSV) 
$Excel.quit()

Here is a post explaining how to use it

How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Automate Microsoft Excel?