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NAME
csvformat - manual page for csvformat 1.5.0
DESCRIPTION
usage: csvformat [-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] [-E] [-D OUT_DELIMITER] [-T] [-A] [-Q OUT_QUOTECHAR] [-U {0,1,2,3}] [-B] [-P OUT_ESCAPECHAR]
[-M OUT_LINETERMINATOR] [FILE]
Convert a CSV file to a custom output format.
positional arguments:
FILE The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.
options:
-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 before the header row (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.
-E, --skip-header
Do not output a header row.
-D OUT_DELIMITER, --out-delimiter OUT_DELIMITER
Delimiting character of the output file.
-T, --out-tabs
Specify that the output file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-D".
-A, --out-asv
Specify that the output file is delimited with the ASCII unit separator and record separator.
Overrides "-T", "-D" and "-M".
-Q OUT_QUOTECHAR, --out-quotechar OUT_QUOTECHAR
Character used to quote strings in the output file.
-U {0,1,2,3}, --out-quoting {0,1,2,3}
Quoting style used in the output file. 0 = Quote Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non-numeric, 3
= Quote None.
-B, --out-no-doublequote
Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the output file.
-P OUT_ESCAPECHAR, --out-escapechar OUT_ESCAPECHAR
Character used to escape the delimiter in the output file if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is
specified and to escape the QUOTECHAR if --out-no-doublequote is specified.
-M OUT_LINETERMINATOR, --out-lineterminator OUT_LINETERMINATOR
Character used to terminate lines in the output file.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for csvformat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and csvformat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info csvformat
should give you access to the complete manual.