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.TH IN2CSV "1" "October 2020" "in2csv 1.0.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
in2csv \- manual page for in2csv 1.0.5
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: in2csv [\-h] [\-d DELIMITER] [\-t] [\-q QUOTECHAR] [\-u {0,1,2,3}] [\-b]
.IP
[\-p ESCAPECHAR] [\-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [\-e ENCODING] [\-L LOCALE]
[\-S] [\-\-blanks] [\-\-date\-format DATE_FORMAT]
[\-\-datetime\-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [\-H] [\-K SKIP_LINES] [\-v]
[\-l] [\-\-zero] [\-V] [\-f FILETYPE] [\-s SCHEMA] [\-k KEY] [\-n]
[\-\-sheet SHEET] [\-\-write\-sheets WRITE_SHEETS]
[\-\-encoding\-xls ENCODING_XLS] [\-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [\-I]
[FILE]
.PP
Convert common, but less awesome, tabular data formats to CSV.
.SS "positional arguments:"
.TP
FILE
The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
input as piped data via STDIN.
.SS "optional arguments:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-d\fR DELIMITER, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR DELIMITER
Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR
Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with
tabs. Overrides "\-d".
.TP
\fB\-q\fR QUOTECHAR, \fB\-\-quotechar\fR QUOTECHAR
Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-u\fR {0,1,2,3}, \fB\-\-quoting\fR {0,1,2,3}
Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote
Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non\-numeric, 3 =
Quote None.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-no\-doublequote\fR
Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input
CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR ESCAPECHAR, \fB\-\-escapechar\fR ESCAPECHAR
Character used to escape the delimiter if \fB\-\-quoting\fR 3
("Quote None") is specified and to escape the
QUOTECHAR if \fB\-\-no\-doublequote\fR is specified.
.TP
\fB\-z\fR FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT, \fB\-\-maxfieldsize\fR FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV
file.
.TP
\fB\-e\fR ENCODING, \fB\-\-encoding\fR ENCODING
Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-L\fR LOCALE, \fB\-\-locale\fR LOCALE
Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skipinitialspace\fR
Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
.TP
\fB\-\-blanks\fR
Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to
NULL.
.TP
\fB\-\-date\-format\fR DATE_FORMAT
Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".
.TP
\fB\-\-datetime\-format\fR DATETIME_FORMAT
Specify a strptime datetime format string like
"%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".
.TP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-no\-header\-row\fR
Specify that the input CSV file has no header row.
Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).
.TP
\fB\-K\fR SKIP_LINES, \fB\-\-skip\-lines\fR SKIP_LINES
Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the
header row (e.g. comments, copyright notices, empty
rows).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-linenumbers\fR
Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the
output. Useful when piping to grep or as a simple
primary key.
.TP
\fB\-\-zero\fR
When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use
zero\-based numbering instead of the default 1\-based
numbering.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR FILETYPE, \fB\-\-format\fR FILETYPE
The format of the input file. If not specified will be
inferred from the file type. Supported formats: csv,
dbf, fixed, geojson, json, ndjson, xls, xlsx.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR SCHEMA, \fB\-\-schema\fR SCHEMA
Specify a CSV\-formatted schema file for converting
fixed\-width files. See documentation for details.
.TP
\fB\-k\fR KEY, \fB\-\-key\fR KEY
Specify a top\-level key to use look within for a list
of objects to be converted when processing JSON.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-names\fR
Display sheet names from the input Excel file.
.TP
\fB\-\-sheet\fR SHEET
The name of the Excel sheet to operate on.
.TP
\fB\-\-write\-sheets\fR WRITE_SHEETS
The names of the Excel sheets to write to files, or
"\-" to write all sheets.
.TP
\fB\-\-encoding\-xls\fR ENCODING_XLS
Specify the encoding of the input XLS file.
.TP
\fB\-y\fR SNIFF_LIMIT, \fB\-\-snifflimit\fR SNIFF_LIMIT
Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of
bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing entirely.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-no\-inference\fR
Disable type inference (and \fB\-\-locale\fR, \fB\-\-date\-format\fR,
\fB\-\-datetime\-format\fR) when parsing CSV input.
.PP
Some command\-line flags only pertain to specific input formats.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B in2csv
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B in2csv
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info in2csv
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.