in2csv - manual page for in2csv 1.0.7
usage: in2csv [-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] [-f
{csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}] [-s SCHEMA] [-k KEY] [-n]
[--sheet SHEET] [--write-sheets WRITE_SHEETS] [--encoding-xls
ENCODING_XLS] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I] [FILE]
Convert common, but less awesome, tabular data formats to CSV.
- 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.
- -f
{csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}, --format
{csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}
- The format of the input file. If not specified will be inferred from the
file type.
- -s SCHEMA, --schema
SCHEMA
- Specify a CSV-formatted schema file for converting fixed-width files. See
web documentation.
- -k KEY, --key
KEY
- Specify a top-level key to look within for a list of objects to be
converted when processing JSON.
- -n, --names
- Display sheet names from the input Excel file.
- --sheet
SHEET
- The name of the Excel sheet to operate on.
- --write-sheets
WRITE_SHEETS
- The names of the Excel sheets to write to files, or "-" to write
all sheets.
- --encoding-xls
ENCODING_XLS
- Specify the encoding of the input XLS file.
- -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 (and --locale, --date-format,
--datetime-format) when parsing CSV input.
Some command-line flags only pertain to specific input
formats.
The full documentation for in2csv is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the info and in2csv programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
- info in2csv
should give you access to the complete manual.