<pre><code>import os
import os.path
import xlrd
import xlsxwriter
file_name = input("Decide the destination file name in DOUBLE QUOTES: ")
merged_file_name = file_name + ".xlsx"
dest_book = xlsxwriter.Workbook(merged_file_name)
dest_sheet_1 = dest_book.add_worksheet()
dest_row = 1
temp = 0
path = input("Enter the path in DOUBLE QUOTES: ")
for root,dirs,files in os.walk(path):
files = [ _ for _ in files if _.endswith('.xlsx') ]
for xlsfile in files:
print ("File in mentioned folder is: " + xlsfile)
temp_book = xlrd.open_workbook(os.path.join(root,xlsfile))
temp_sheet = temp_book.sheet_by_index(0)
if temp == 0:
for col_index in range(temp_sheet.ncols):
str = temp_sheet.cell_value(0, col_index)
dest_sheet_1.write(0, col_index, str)
temp = temp + 1
for row_index in range(1, temp_sheet.nrows):
for col_index in range(temp_sheet.ncols):
str = temp_sheet.cell_value(row_index, col_index)
dest_sheet_1.write(dest_row, col_index, str)
dest_row = dest_row + 1
dest_book.close()
book = xlrd.open_workbook(merged_file_name)
sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
print "number of rows in destination file are: ", sheet.nrows
print "number of columns in destination file are: ", sheet.ncols
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