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NAME

tab2csv

SYNOPSIS

tab2csv OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

tab2csv is a simple conversion utility to convert from tabs to quoted CSV.

tab2csv reads from standard input and writes to standard out.

OPTIONS

-help
display help
-license
display license
-version
display version
-fields-per-record
(int) sets the number o fields expected in each row, -1 turns this off
-reuse-record
re-uses the backing array on reader
-trim-leading-space
trims leading space read
-use-lazy-quotes
use lazy quoting for reader

EXAMPLES

If my.tab contained

    name    email   age
    Doe, Jane   jane.doe@example.org    42

Concert this to a CSV file format

    tab2csv < my.tab 

This would yield

    "name","email","age"
    "Doe, Jane","jane.doe@example.org",42

tab2csv 1.2.9