NAME

       in2csv - manual page for in2csv 1.4.0

DESCRIPTION

       usage: in2csv [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]

              [-p  ESCAPECHAR]  [-z  FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT]  [-e  ENCODING] [-L LOCALE] [-S] [--blanks] [--null-value
              NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]]  [--date-format  DATE_FORMAT]  [--datetime-format  DATETIME_FORMAT]
              [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-f {csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}] [-s
              SCHEMA]   [-k   KEY]   [-n]  [--sheet  SHEET]  [--write-sheets  WRITE_SHEETS]  [--use-sheet-names]
              [--reset-dimensions] [--encoding-xls ENCODING_XLS] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I] [FILE]

       Convert common, but less awesome, tabular data formats to CSV.

   positional arguments:
       FILE   The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.

   options:
       -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.

       -L LOCALE, --locale LOCALE
              Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.

       -S, --skipinitialspace
              Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.

       --blanks
              Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to NULL.

       --null-value NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]
              Convert this value to NULL. --null-value can be specified multiple times.

       --date-format DATE_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".

       --datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".

       -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.

       -f {csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}, --format {csv,dbf,fixed,geojson,json,ndjson,xls,xlsx}
              The format of the input file. If not specified will be inferred from the file type.

       -s SCHEMA, --schema SCHEMA
              Specify a CSV-formatted schema file for converting fixed-width files. See web documentation.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              Specify a top-level key to look within for a list of objects to be converted when processing JSON.

       -n, --names
              Display sheet names from the input Excel file.

       --sheet SHEET
              The name of the Excel sheet to operate on.

       --write-sheets WRITE_SHEETS
              The names of the Excel sheets to write to files, or "-" to write all sheets.

       --use-sheet-names
              Use the sheet names as file names when --write-sheets is set.

       --reset-dimensions
              Ignore the sheet dimensions provided by the XLSX file.

       --encoding-xls ENCODING_XLS
              Specify the encoding of the input XLS file.

       -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
              Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of  bytes.  Specify  "0"  to  disable  sniffing
              entirely, or "-1" to sniff the entire file.

       -I, --no-inference
              Disable type inference (and --locale, --date-format, --datetime-format) when parsing CSV input.

       Some command-line flags only pertain to specific input formats.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for in2csv is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and in2csv programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info in2csv

       should give you access to the complete manual.

in2csv 1.4.0                                      February 2024                                        IN2CSV(1)