csvkit Command Examples

Manipulation toolkit for CSV files. See also: csvclean, csvcut, csvformat, csvgrep, csvlook, csvpy, csvsort, csvstat. More information: https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cli.html.

• Run a command on a CSV file with a custom delimiter:

{{command}} {{[-d|--delimiter]}} {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

• Run a command on a CSV file with a tab as a delimiter (overrides -d):

{{command}} {{[-t|--tabs]}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

• Run a command on a CSV file with a custom quote character:

{{command}} {{[-q|--quotechar]}} {{quote_char}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

• Run a command on a CSV file with no header row:

{{command}} {{[-H|--no-header-row]}} {{path/to/file.csv}}