NAME

       csvgrep - manual page for csvgrep 1.0.2

DESCRIPTION

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

              [-p  ESCAPECHAR]  [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-S] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero]
              [-V] [-n] [-c COLUMNS] [-m PATTERN] [-r REGEX] [-f MATCHFILE] [-i] [FILE]

       Search CSV files. Like the Unix "grep" 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.

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

       -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 be searched.

       -m PATTERN, --match PATTERN
              The string to search for.

       -r REGEX, --regex REGEX
              If  specified, must be followed by a regular expression which will be tested against the specified
              columns.

       -f MATCHFILE, --file MATCHFILE
              If specified, must be the path to a file. For each tested row, if any line in the  file  (stripped
              of line separators) is an exact match for the cell value, the row will pass.

       -i, --invert-match
              If specified, select non-matching instead of matching rows.

SEE ALSO

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

              info csvgrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.

csvgrep 1.0.2                                     November 2019                                       CSVGREP(1)