03-21-2008
Re-usable function to parse csv files with different number of fields
Thanks, curleb.
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csv2rec
CSV2REC(1) User Commands CSV2REC(1)
NAME
csv2rec - csv to rec converter
SYNOPSIS
csv2rec [OPTIONS]... [CSV_FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Convert csv data into rec data.
-t, --type=TYPE
type name for the converted records; if this parameter is ommited then no type is used.
-s, --strict
be strict parsing the csv file.
-e, --omit-empty
omit empty fields.
--help print a help message and exit.
--version
show version and exit.
AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for csv2rec is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and csv2rec programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info csv2rec
should give you access to the complete manual.
csv2rec 1.4.93 January 2012 CSV2REC(1)