HageMaster3108 / csvtool

CSV Tool lets you pretty print, add, move or remove columns from an CSV file directly from shell

CSV Tool

CSV Tool lets you pretty print, add, move or remove columns from an CSV file directly from shell.

Requirements

• Linux tool "column"

Usage

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" print                       Pretty print CSV
$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" print 1,2,5,6               Pretty print CSV but only columns 1, 2, 5 and 6

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" columns                     Print columns with their column indexes

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" add 3 "New column title"    Add a new column at position 3 with title "New column title"

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" remove 3                    Remove column at position 3
$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" remove "Column title"       Remove column with title "Column title"

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" cut 3                       Remove all columns starting at position 3
$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" cut "Column title"          Remove all columns starting at column with title "Column title"

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" move 5 3                    Move column 5 to position 3
$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" move "Column title" 3       Move column with title "Column title" to position 3

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" export "target file"        Sync and export all column indexes to file "target file". Column changes will be updated, names stay untouched.

$ ./csvtool.sh "file.csv" dot_to_comma                Replace all "." to ",".

Additional parameters

$ delimiter=,                                         Change delimiter to ","
$ out=result.csv                                      Save changes to "result.csv"