in2csv
in2csv
TLDR
Convert an XLS file to CSV
Convert a DBF file to a CSV file
Convert a specific sheet from an XLSX file to CSV
Pipe a JSON file to in2csv
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] [--date-format DATE_FORMAT] [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-f FILETYPE] [-s SCHEMA] [-k KEY] [-n] [--sheet SHEET] [--write-sheets WRITE_SHEETS] [--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.
optional arguments:
- -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.
- --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 FILETYPE, --format FILETYPE
The format of the input file. If not specified will be inferred from the file type. Supported formats: csv, dbf, fixed, geojson, json, ndjson, xls, xlsx.
- -s SCHEMA, --schema SCHEMA
Specify a CSV-formatted schema file for converting fixed-width files. See documentation for details.
- -k KEY, --key KEY
Specify a top-level key to use 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.
- --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.
- -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.
