csvcat
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 20 March 2025
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NAME
csvcat - clean, join and cat csv file or stream
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/csvcat
[
-h
]
csvcat file...
cat file...
|
csvcat
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
prepare and print a CSV file or stream for further processing.
Comment lines that begin with a hash (
#
) and empty lines are eliminated.
If the first line is
sep=...
(as seen in some programatically produced
CSV
files)
this line is removed.
Lines that are distributed over
multiple lines thru a backslash (
\
) at the end of the line are joined.
White spaces before
and after the field separator (
;
) are eliminated.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- file...
-
file(s) to be printed.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- x
-
error codes of
sed(1).
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
csv(3),
print_list(3),
sectioncat(3),
sed(3),
select_columns(3)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
csvcat was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Time: 20:10:11 GMT, March 20, 2025