NAME

       in2csv - manual page for in2csv 1.0.2

DESCRIPTION

       usage: in2csv [-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]  [-f
              FILETYPE] [-s SCHEMA] [-k KEY] [-n] [--sheet SHEET] [--write-sheets WRITE_SHEETS] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT]
              [-I] [FILE]

       Convert common, but less awesome, tabular data formats to CSV.

   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.

       -f FILETYPE, --format FILETYPE
              The format of the input file. If not specified will be inferred  from  the  file  type.  Supported
              formats: csv, dbf, fixed, geojson, json, ndjson, xls, xlsx.

       -s SCHEMA, --schema SCHEMA
              Specify  a  CSV-formatted  schema  file  for  converting  fixed-width files. See documentation for
              details.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              Specify a top-level key to use look within for a list of objects to be converted  when  processing
              JSON.

       -n, --names
              Display sheet names from the input Excel file.

       --sheet SHEET
              The name of the Excel sheet to operate on.

       --write-sheets WRITE_SHEETS
              The names of the Excel sheets to write to files, or "-" to write all sheets.

       -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 (and --locale, --date-format, --datetime-format) when parsing CSV input.

       Some command-line flags only pertain to specific input formats.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for in2csv is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and in2csv programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info in2csv

       should give you access to the complete manual.