title: Creating TAB-separated values from .xlsx with ssconvert
body: <p>Due to commas within cell values, I am not able to use the <code>ssconvert</code> utility for <code>.xls(x)</code> to .csv conversion.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a possibility to create tab-separated values directly from <code>xlsx</code> with <code>ssconvert</code> (command line spreadsheet format converter)? </p>
  
  <p><code>ssconvert infile.xlsx outfile.tsv</code> raises the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unable to guess exporter to use</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Hence, I have tried to generate a raw text file under specification of some export options, in particular, the separator:</p>
  
  <p><code>ssconvert -O 'separator=\t format=raw' infile.xlsx outfile.txt</code></p>
  
  <p>which results in output like <code>value1\tvalue2\tvalue3</code>, i.e., string <code>\t</code> is not translated into tabulator.</p>