NAME
csvfind
SYNOPSIS
csvfind OPTIONS TEXT_TO_MATCH
DESCRIPTION
csvfind processes a CSV file as input returning rows that contain the
column with matched text. Columns are counted from one instead of zero.
Supports exact match as well as some Levenshtein matching.
OPTIONS
- -help
-
display help
- -license
-
display license
- -version
-
display version
- -allow-duplicates
-
allow duplicates when searching for matches
- -append-edit-distance
-
append column with edit distance found (useful for tuning levenshtein)
- -case-sensitive
-
perform a case sensitive match (default is false)
- -col, -cols
-
column to search for match in the CSV file
- -contains
-
use contains phrase for matching
- -d, -delimiter
-
set delimiter character
- -delete-cost
-
set the delete cost to use for levenshtein matching
- -i, -input
-
input filename
- -insert-cost
-
set the insert cost to use for levenshtein matching
- -levenshtein
-
use levenshtein matching
- -max-edit-distance
-
set the edit distance thresh hold for match, default 0
- -nl, -newline
-
include trailing newline from output
- -o, -output
-
output filename
- -quiet
-
suppress error messages
- -skip-header-row
-
skip the header row
- -stop-words
-
use the colon delimited list of stop words
- -substitute-cost
-
set the substitution cost to use for levenshtein matching
- -trim-leading-space
-
trim leadings space in field(s) for CSV input
- -trimspace, -trimspaces
-
trim spaces around cell values before comparing
- -use-lazy-quotes
-
use lazy quotes on CSV input
EXAMPLES
Find the rows where the third column matches “The Red Book of
Westmarch” exactly
csvfind -i books.csv -col=2 "The Red Book of Westmarch"
Find the rows where the third column (colums numbered 1,2,3) matches
approximately “The Red Book of Westmarch”
csvfind -i books.csv -col=2 -levenshtein \
-insert-cost=1 -delete-cost=1 -substitute-cost=3 \
-max-edit-distance=50 -append-edit-distance \
"The Red Book of Westmarch"
In this example we’ve appended the edit distance to see how close the
matches are.
You can also search for phrases in columns.
csvfind -i books.csv -col=2 -contains "Red Book"
csvfind 1.2.10
