NAME

       csvgrep - manual page for csvgrep 1.4.0

DESCRIPTION

       usage: csvgrep [-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] [-n] [-c COLUMNS] [-m PATTERN] [-r REGEX] [-f MATCHFILE] [-i] [-a] [FILE]

       Search CSV files. Like the Unix "grep" command, but for tabular data.

   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.

       -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.

       -n, --names
              Display column names and indices from the input CSV and exit.

       -c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS
              A comma-separated list of column indices, names or ranges to be searched, e.g. "1,id,3-5".

       -m PATTERN, --match PATTERN
              A string to search for.

       -r REGEX, --regex REGEX
              A regular expression to match.

       -f MATCHFILE, --file MATCHFILE
              A path to a file. For each row, if any line in the file (stripped of line separators) is an  exact
              match of the cell value, the row matches.

       -i, --invert-match
              Select non-matching rows, instead of matching rows.

       -a, --any-match
              Select rows in which any column matches, instead of all columns.

SEE ALSO

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

              info csvgrep

       should give you access to the complete manual.

csvgrep 1.4.0                                     February 2024                                       CSVGREP(1)