csvkitHow to sort a csv file with csvkit?

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

Example code

csvsort -c column_name input.csv > output.csv

Output example

column_name1,column_name2,column_name3
value1,value2,value3
value4,value5,value6
value7,value8,value9

Code explanation

• csvsort: command to sort a csv file
• -c: flag to specify the column to sort by
• column_name: the name of the column to sort by
• input.csv: the name of the input csv file
• >: redirects the output to a file
• output.csv: the name of the output csv file

Helpful links

• csvkit documentation

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