ZipGrep is a utility that can list and search zip (.war, .ear, .jar, etc) archives for text patterns, without the need to extract the archive's contents.
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and there are a number of Excel import tools available. Transaction Pro Importer is for Excel files (and others), and Dynamic Venture JE is for creating journal entries from Excel.
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