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CSVGREP(1) User Commands CSVGREP(1)

NAME

csvgrep - manual page for csvgrep 1.0.5

DESCRIPTION

usage: csvgrep [-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] [-m PATTERN] [-r REGEX] [-f MATCHFILE] [-i] [-a] [FILE]

Search CSV files. Like the Unix "grep" command, but for tabular data.

positional arguments:

The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.

optional arguments:

show this help message and exit
Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-d".
Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non-numeric, 3 = Quote None.
Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.
Character used to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is specified and to escape the QUOTECHAR if --no-doublequote is specified.
Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.
Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
Specify that the input CSV file has no header row. Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).
Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the header row (e.g. comments, copyright notices, empty rows).
Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the output. Useful when piping to grep or as a simple primary key.
When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use zero-based numbering instead of the default 1-based numbering.
Display version information and exit.
Display column names and indices from the input CSV and exit.
A comma separated list of column indices, names or ranges to be searched, e.g. "1,id,3-5".
The string to search for.
If specified, must be followed by a regular expression which will be tested against the specified columns.
If specified, must be the path to a file. For each tested row, if any line in the file (stripped of line separators) is an exact match for the cell value, the row will pass.
If specified, select non-matching instead of matching rows.
If specified, select rows where any column matches instead of all columns.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for csvgrep is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and csvgrep programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info csvgrep

should give you access to the complete manual.

October 2020 csvgrep 1.0.5