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Old 02-19-2019
How to extract fields from a CSV i.e comma separated where some of the fields having comma as value?

can anyone help me!!!! How to I parse the CSV file
file name : abc.csv (csv file) The above file containing data like
Code:
abv,sfs,,hju,',',jkk wff,fst,,rgr,',',rgr ere,edf,erg,',',rgr,rgr

I have a requirement like i have to extract different field and assign them into different variables.
My Code:
Code:
cat $file | awk 'NR!=1' | while read -r line   do      a=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $1}'`      b=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $2}'`      c=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $3}'`      d=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $4}'`      e=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $5}'`      f=`echo "$line" | awk -F',' '{print $6}'`      echo "$e"      echo "$f" done

outputSmilieit gave the output as single quote)
' ' ' ' ' ' Required Output Should be likeSmiliemy 5th field having value "comma" )
, jkk , rgr , rgr rgr




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NAME
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ifpps -d|--dev <netdev> [-t|--interval <sec>][-p|--promisc][-c|--term] [-C|--csv][-H|--csv-tablehead][-l|--loop][-v|--version][-h|--help] DESCRIPTION
A tiny tool to provide top-like reliable networking statistics. ifpps reads out the 'real' kernel statistics, so it does not give erroneous statistics on high I/O load. OPTIONS
ifpps --dev eth0 Fetch eth0 interface statistics. ifpps --dev eth0 --interval 60 --csv Output eth0 interface statistics every minute in CSV format. OPTIONS
-h|--help Print help text and lists all options. -v|--version Print version. -d|--dev <netdev> Device to fetch statistics for i.e., eth0. -p|--promisc Put the device in promiscuous mode -t|--interval <time> Refresh time in sec (default 1 sec) -c|--term Output to terminal -C|--csv Output in CSV format. E.g. post-processing with Gnuplot et al. -H|--csv-tablehead Print CSV table head. -l|--loop Loop terminal output. AUTHOR
Written by Daniel Borkmann <daniel@netsniff-ng.org> DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Emmanuel Roullit <emmanuel@netsniff-ng.org> BUGS
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