Tool to sort csv files by named columns.
Deprecated
The example script shows how to use it to sort with multiple sub-sort columns.
$ ./example_sort
Sort by Last, First, Email
--
First,Last,Email
Mary,Bunce,mb@example.com
John,Doe,doej@example.com
Mary,O'Henry,mary@example.com
Mary,O'Henry,moh@example.com
Adam,Van der Oos,voos@example.com
Sort by First, Last, Email
--
First,Last,Email
Adam,Van der Oos,voos@example.com
John,Doe,doej@example.com
Mary,Bunce,mb@example.com
Mary,O'Henry,mary@example.com
Mary,O'Henry,moh@example.comRequires Go 1.8+ because it uses the new sort.Slice feature.
go get jw4.us/sortcsv
sortcsv sort
NAME:
sortcsv sort -
USAGE:
sortcsv sort [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--infile value, --in value, -i value Defaults to stdin (-) if not specified. (default: -)
--outfile value, --out value, -o value Defaults to stdout (-) if not specified. (default: -)
--sortby value, -s value Columns to sort by, repeat for sub-sort
--tab, -t Input is tab delimited, rather than comma delimited (default: false)
--help, -h show help (default: false)
If --infile or --outfile are not specified they default to stdin and stdout respectively.
The --sortby flag can be specified repeatedly to add sub-sorting.