### Read an Excel file with xlrd

Source: https://xlrd.readthedocs.io

This example demonstrates opening an .xls workbook, accessing sheet information, and reading cell values.

```python
import xlrd
book = xlrd.open_workbook("myfile.xls")
print("The number of worksheets is {0}".format(book.nsheets))
print("Worksheet name(s): {0}".format(book.sheet_names()))
sh = book.sheet_by_index(0)
print("{0} {1} {2}".format(sh.name, sh.nrows, sh.ncols))
print("Cell D30 is {0}".format(sh.cell_value(rowx=29, colx=3)))
for rx in range(sh.nrows):
    print(sh.row(rx))
```

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### Install xlrd via pip

Source: https://xlrd.readthedocs.io

Use this command to install the xlrd library in your Python environment.

```bash
pip install xlrd
```

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### Run xlrd command line utility

Source: https://xlrd.readthedocs.io

Use the runxlrd.py script to display the first, second, and last rows of each sheet in specified .xls files.

```bash
python PYDIR/scripts/runxlrd.py 3rows *blah*.xls
```

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