officecli

Use officecli create to make a blank .pptx, then officecli add to insert slides and shapes with properties like title, text, position, font, and color. Paths such as '/slide[1]' target elements, and officecli set modifies their attributes.

Run officecli set with the --find and --replace flags, using '/' as the path for whole-document scope. It supports regex matching, case-insensitive search, and tracked revisions via revision.author properties.

No. officecli is a single binary with no dependencies and works without any Office installation. Install it with the curl install script on macOS/Linux or the PowerShell installer on Windows.

Yes. Use officecli add with --type pivottable, specifying source range, rows, cols, and values with aggregators like sum or count. Charts, sparklines, conditional formatting, and images are also supported element types.

Shells like bash and zsh glob-expand square brackets, so paths like /slide[1] must be quoted. Always wrap paths in single or double quotes, and pass all attributes through --prop rather than a --name flag.

Watch selection covers pptx shapes, tables, charts, and groups plus docx top-level paragraphs and tables. Excel files do not emit data-paths, group children are not individually selectable, and Word nested elements like table cells are not addressable.