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NAME

csvcut - csvcut Documentation

DESCRIPTION

Filters and truncates CSV files. Like the Unix "cut" command, but for tabular data:

usage: csvcut [-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] [-n] [-c COLUMNS]
[-C NOT_COLUMNS] [-x]
[FILE] Filter and truncate CSV files. Like the Unix "cut" command, but for tabular data. positional arguments:
FILE The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
input as piped data via STDIN. optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-n, --names Display column names and indices from the input CSV
and exit.
-c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS
A comma-separated list of column indices, names or
ranges to be extracted, e.g. "1,id,3-5". Defaults to
all columns.
-C NOT_COLUMNS, --not-columns NOT_COLUMNS
A comma-separated list of column indices, names or
ranges to be excluded, e.g. "1,id,3-5". Defaults to no
columns.
-x, --delete-empty-rows
After cutting, delete rows which are completely empty.


See also: Arguments common to all tools.

NOTE:

csvcut does not implement row filtering, for this you should pipe data to csvgrep.


NOTE:

If a data row is longer than the header row, its additional columns are truncated.


EXAMPLES

Print the indices and names of all columns:

$ csvcut -n examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv

1: State Name
2: State Abbreviate
3: Code
4: Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty
5: Montgomery GI Bill- Selective Reserve
6: Dependents' Educational Assistance
7: Reserve Educational Assistance Program
8: Post-Vietnam Era Veteran's Educational Assistance Program
9: TOTAL
10:


Print only the names of all columns, by removing the indices with the cut command:

$ csvcut -n examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | cut -c6-
State Name
State Abbreviate
Code
Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty
Montgomery GI Bill- Selective Reserve
Dependents' Educational Assistance
Reserve Educational Assistance Program
Post-Vietnam Era Veteran's Educational Assistance Program
TOTAL


Extract columns

Extract the first and third columns:

csvcut -c 1,3 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv


Extract columns named "TOTAL" and "State Name" (in that order):

csvcut -c TOTAL,"State Name" examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv


Extract a column that may not exist in all files:

echo d, | csvjoin examples/dummy.csv - | csvcut -c d

echo d, | csvjoin examples/join_no_header_row.csv - | csvcut -c d


Other

Add line numbers to a file, making no other changes:

csvcut -l examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv


Display a column's unique values:

csvcut -c 1 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | sed 1d | sort | uniq


Or:

csvcut -c 1 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | csvsql --query 'SELECT DISTINCT("State Name") FROM stdin'


AUTHOR

Christopher Groskopf and contributors

COPYRIGHT

2016, Christopher Groskopf and James McKinney

July 12, 2024 2.0.1