02-24-2006
How to validate a CSV file?
Hi.
I think some people have already asked this, but the answers/questions seem to be about validating the contents inside a CSV file.
I am simply after a simple variable solution (ie 0 = false, 1 = true) that I can use in my script to say that file so-and-so is actually a CSV file, or in some other format. Is this possible?
I guess the tricky part is defining precisely what a CSV file is. I've seen "CSV" files with commas, but the fields are enclosed in double quotes. I've seen others without double quotes and just commas as the delimiter. I am dealing with the later type.
Thanks in advance.
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mdb-export
MDBTools(1) MDBTools(1)
NAME
mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
SYNOPSIS
mdb-export [-H] [-d delimiter] [-R row_delim] [[-Q] | [-q quote [-X escape]]] [-I] [-D format] database table
DESCRIPTION
mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table. Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spread-
sheets.
OPTIONS
-H Supress header row
-Q Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) char-
acters.
-d Specify an alternative column delimiter If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a , (comma) character.
-R Specify a row delimiter
-I INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify the SQL dialect.
-D Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details)
-q Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is ".
-X Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.
-N namespace
Prefix identifiers with namespace.
NOTES
ENVIRONMENT
MDB_JET3_CHARSET
Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
MDBICONV
Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
MDBOPTS
semi-column separated list of options:
o use_index
o no_memo
o debug_like
o debug_write
o debug_usage
o debug_ole
o debug_row
o debug_props
o debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
SEE ALSO
gmdb2(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-tables(1)
HISTORY
mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.
AUTHORS
The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns.
BUGS
Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current program does nothing about this.
0.7 13 July 2013 MDBTools(1)