hymkor / richcsv

Pure gawk template for reading CSV files containing line breaks in elements

richcsv.awk

Pure gawk Template for reading CSV files containing line breaks in elements. (Test on gawk 5.1.1)

BEGIN{
    FPAT="([^,]+)|(\"[^\"]+\")"
}

{
    last = last $0
    if ( last != "" && split(last,trash,"\"") % 2 == 0 ){
        last = last RS
        next
    }
    $0 = last ; last = ""
}

# test
{
    for(i = 1 ; i <= NF ; i++ ){
        printf "<%s>",gensub("\"","","g",$i)
    }
    print ""
}

$ type sample.csv
0001,=1+1,03,-4,5/2
"hogeohg  2",5555,3,"1st TEXT
2nd
3rd
4th"
$ gawk -f richcsv.awk sample.csv
<0001><=1+1><03><-4><5/2>
<hogeohg  2><5555><3><1st TEXT
2nd
3rd
4th>