csvkitHow to reorder columns with csvkit?

csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for working with CSV files. It can be used to reorder columns in a CSV file.

Example code

csvcut -c <columns> <input_file> | csvformat -T > <output_file>

Output example

column1,column2,column3
value1,value2,value3

Code explanation

• csvcut: used to select the columns to be included in the output file
• -c: used to specify the columns to be included in the output file
• <columns>: the list of columns to be included in the output file, separated by commas
• <input_file>: the path to the input CSV file
• csvformat: used to format the output file
• -T: used to output the file in tabular format
• <output_file>: the path to the output CSV file

Helpful links

• csvkit documentation

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