USAGE

csvcols [OPTIONS] [ARGS_AS_COL_VALUES]

DESCRIPTION

csvcols converts a set of command line args into columns output in CSV format. It can also be used CSV input rows and rendering only the column numbers listed on the commandline (first column is 1 not 0).

OPTIONS

Below are a set of options available.

    -col, -cols              output specified columns (e.g. -col 1,12:14,2,4))
    -d, -delimiter           set the input delimiter character
    -examples                display example
    -generate-manpage        generate man page
    -generate-markdown       generate markdown documentation
    -h, -help                display help
    -i, -input               input filename
    -l, -license             display license
    -o, -output              output filename
    -od, -output-delimiter   set the output delimiter character
    -quiet                   suppress error messages
    -skip-header-row         skip the header row
    -trim-leading-space      trim leading space in field(s) for CSV input
    -use-lazy-quotes         use lazy quotes on CSV input
    -uuid                    add a prefix row with generated UUID cell
    -v, -version             display version

EXAMPLES

Simple usage of building a CSV file one row at a time.

csvcols one two three > 3col.csv
csvcols 1 2 3 >> 3col.csv
cat 3col.csv

Example parsing a pipe delimited string into a CSV line

csvcols -d "|" "one|two|three" > 3col.csv
csvcols -delimiter "|" "1|2|3" >> 3col.csv
cat 3col.csv

Using a pipe filter a 3 column CSV for columns 1 and 3 into 2col.csv

cat 3col.csv | csvcols -col 1,3 > 2col.csv

Using options filter a 3 column CSV file for columns 1,3 into 2col.csv

csvcols -i 3col.csv -col 1,3 -o 2col.csv

csvcols v0.0.25