title: how to read an excel file with Perl?
body: <p>The <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Spreadsheet%3a%3aParseExcel" rel="nofollow">Spreadsheet::ParseExcel</a> does the work fine, however I need a method to read a file without it, lets say wih "out of the box Perl" as I'm unable to install any PM or CPAN module. Does anyone has a suggestion to get me started?</p>