https://github.com/curtisalexander/csvkeep

Filter a CSV file - only keeping specific columns.
https://github.com/curtisalexander/csvkeep

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Filter a CSV file - only keeping specific columns.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/curtisalexander/csvkeep
• Owner: curtisalexander
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-10-05T19:20:44.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-01-14T21:05:42.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-09-02T04:43:37.335Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# csvkeep

Filter a CSV file - only keeping specific columns.  Like \*nix `cut` (or SQL `select`) but filters based on named columns.

## Usage

```

csvkeep.py [OPTIONS]

Options:

  --incsv FILENAME   input csv

  --outcsv FILENAME  output csv

  --cols TEXT        comma separated list of columns to keep

  --help             Show this message and exit.

```

## Assumptions

Assumes the input CSV file has a header.

## Example

```

csvkeep.py --incsv /dir/to/infile.csv --outcsv /dir/to/outfile.csv --cols var1,var2,var5

```

## Requirements

[click](http://click.pocoo.org) - command line library for Python

`pip install click`

## Related

[csvkit](https://github.com/onyxfish/csvkit) - a suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV