csvstack(1)

manual page for csvstack 1.0.7

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Description

CSVSTACK

NAME

csvstack - manual page for csvstack 1.0.7

DESCRIPTION

usage: csvstack [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]

[-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-S] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-g GROUPS] [-n GROUP_NAME] [--filenames] [FILE ...]

Stack up the rows from multiple CSV files, optionally adding a grouping value. Files are assumed to have the same columns in the same order.

positional arguments:

FILE

The CSV file(s) to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.

optional arguments:

-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.

-S, --skipinitialspace

Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.

-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.

-g GROUPS, --groups GROUPS

A comma-separated list of values to add as "grouping factors", one per CSV being stacked. These are added to the output as a new column. You may specify a name for the new column using the -n flag.

-n GROUP_NAME, --group-name GROUP_NAME

A name for the grouping column, e.g. "year". Only used when also specifying -g.

--filenames

Use the filename of each input file as its grouping value. When specified, -g will be ignored.