csvsort - manual page for csvsort 1.0.7
usage: csvsort [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u
{0,1,2,3}] [-b]
- [-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] [-n] [-c COLUMNS] [-r] [-y
SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I] [FILE]
Sort CSV files. Like the Unix "sort" command, but for
tabular data.
- FILE
- The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data
via STDIN.
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -d DELIMITER,
--delimiter DELIMITER
- Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
- -t, --tabs
- Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides
"-d".
- -q QUOTECHAR,
--quotechar QUOTECHAR
- Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
- -u {0,1,2,3},
--quoting {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.
- -b,
--no-doublequote
- Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.
- -p ESCAPECHAR,
--escapechar ESCAPECHAR
- Character used to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote
None") is specified and to escape the QUOTECHAR if
--no-doublequote is specified.
- -z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT,
--maxfieldsize FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
- Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.
- -e ENCODING,
--encoding ENCODING
- Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
- -L LOCALE, --locale
LOCALE
- Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.
- -S,
--skipinitialspace
- Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
- --blanks
- Do not convert "", "na", "n/a",
"none", "null", "." to NULL.
- --date-format
DATE_FORMAT
- Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".
- --datetime-format
DATETIME_FORMAT
- Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M
%p".
- -H,
--no-header-row
- Specify that the input CSV file has no header row. Will create default
headers (a,b,c,...).
- -K SKIP_LINES,
--skip-lines SKIP_LINES
- Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the header row (e.g.
comments, copyright notices, empty rows).
- -v, --verbose
- Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
- -l,
--linenumbers
- Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the output. Useful when
piping to grep or as a simple primary key.
- --zero
- When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use zero-based numbering
instead of the default 1-based numbering.
- -V, --version
- Display version information and exit.
- -n, --names
- Display column names and indices from the input CSV and exit.
- -c COLUMNS, --columns
COLUMNS
- A comma-separated list of column indices, names or ranges to sort by, e.g.
"1,id,3-5". Defaults to all columns.
- -r, --reverse
- Sort in descending order.
- -y SNIFF_LIMIT,
--snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
- Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of bytes. Specify
"0" to disable sniffing entirely, or "-1" to sniff the
entire file.
- -I,
--no-inference
- Disable type inference when parsing the input.
The full documentation for csvsort is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the info and csvsort programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
- info csvsort
should give you access to the complete manual.