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Parse and analyze CSV data

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CSV Tools

Work with CSV files using standard shell tools.

View

  • First few rows: head -5 data.csv
  • Column headers: head -1 data.csv
  • Row count: wc -l data.csv
  • Specific columns (1st and 3rd): cut -d',' -f1,3 data.csv

Filter and sort

  • Filter rows: awk -F',' '$3 > 100' data.csv
  • Sort by column: sort -t',' -k2 -n data.csv
  • Unique values in column: cut -d',' -f2 data.csv | sort -u
  • Count by value: cut -d',' -f2 data.csv | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

Transform

  • Remove header: tail -n +2 data.csv
  • Add line numbers: nl -ba data.csv
  • Replace delimiter: sed 's/,/\t/g' data.csv (CSV to TSV)

Python (for complex operations)

python3 -c "
import csv, sys
reader = csv.DictReader(open('data.csv'))
for row in reader:
    print(row)
" | head -10