csvkitHow to select specific columns with csvkit?

csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for working with CSV, the most popular being csvcut. csvcut allows you to select specific columns from a CSV file.

Example code

csvcut -c 1,3,4 myfile.csv

Output example

column1,column3,column4
value1,value3,value4
value5,value7,value8

Code explanation

• csvcut: the command to select specific columns from a CSV file
• -c: the flag to specify the columns to select
• 1,3,4: the columns to select, in this case columns 1, 3, and 4
• myfile.csv: the CSV file to select columns from

Helpful links

• csvkit documentation
• csvcut documentation

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