It is executing. You build Excel table in file somewhere without printing anything to screen. "Press any key to continue..." prompt is printed by your system when your script successfully finishes.
If you're not sure where is your script working directory is located you can use Cwd module to check it. Also make sure that working directory is writable for you.
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