NAME

       csvsort - manual page for csvsort 1.0.2

DESCRIPTION

       usage: csvsort [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]

              [-p  ESCAPECHAR]  [-z  FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT]  [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE] [-S] [--blanks]
              [--date-format   DATE_FORMAT]   [--datetime-format   DATETIME_FORMAT]   [-H]    [-K
              SKIP_LINES]  [-v]  [-l]  [--zero] [-V] [-n] [-c COLUMNS] [-r] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I]
              [FILE]

       Sort CSV files. Like the Unix "sort" command, but for tabular data.

   positional arguments:
       FILE   The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input on STDIN.

   optional arguments:
       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       -d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
              Delimiting character of the input CSV file.

       -t, --tabs
              Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-d".

       -q QUOTECHAR, --quotechar QUOTECHAR
              Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.

       -u {0,1,2,3}, --quoting {0,1,2,3}
              Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote Minimal, 1 =  Quote  All,  2  =
              Quote Non-numeric, 3 = Quote None.

       -b, --no-doublequote
              Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.

       -p ESCAPECHAR, --escapechar ESCAPECHAR
              Character  used  to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is specified
              and to escape the QUOTECHAR if --no-doublequote is specified.

       -z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT, --maxfieldsize FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
              Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.

       -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
              Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.

       -L LOCALE, --locale LOCALE
              Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.

       -S, --skipinitialspace
              Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.

       --blanks
              Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to NULL.

       --date-format DATE_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".

       --datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".

       -H, --no-header-row
              Specify that the input CSV file has no header row.   Will  create  default  headers
              (a,b,c,...).

       -K SKIP_LINES, --skip-lines SKIP_LINES
              Specify  the  number  of  initial lines to skip (e.g.  comments, copyright notices,
              empty rows).

       -v, --verbose
              Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.

       -l, --linenumbers
              Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the output. Useful when  piping  to
              grep or as a simple primary key.

       --zero When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use zero-based numbering instead of
              the default 1-based numbering.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -n, --names
              Display column names and indices from the input CSV and exit.

       -c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS
              A comma separated list of column indices or names  to  sort  by.  Defaults  to  all
              columns.

       -r, --reverse
              Sort in descending order.

       -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
              Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of bytes. Specify "0" to disable
              sniffing entirely.

       -I, --no-inference
              Disable type inference when parsing the input.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for csvsort is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If  the  info  and
       csvsort programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info csvsort

       should give you access to the complete manual.