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CSVSTACK(1) csvkit CSVSTACK(1)

NAME

csvstack - csvstack Documentation

DESCRIPTION

Stack up the rows from multiple CSV files, optionally adding a grouping value to each row:

usage: csvstack [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]

[-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-S] [-H]
[-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-g GROUPS]
[-n GROUP_NAME] [--filenames]
[FILE [FILE ...]] Stack up the rows from multiple CSV files, optionally adding a grouping value. positional arguments:
FILE The CSV file(s) to operate on. If omitted, will accept
input as piped data via STDIN. optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-g GROUPS, --groups GROUPS
A comma-separated list of values to add as "grouping
factors", one for each CSV being stacked. These are
added to the output as a new column. You may specify a
name for the new column using the -n flag.
-n GROUP_NAME, --group-name GROUP_NAME
A name for the grouping column, e.g. "year". Only used
when also specifying -g.
--filenames Use the filename of each input file as its grouping
value. When specified, -g will be ignored.


See also: Arguments common to all tools.

WARNING:

If you redirect output to an input file like csvstack file.csv > file.csv, the file will grow indefinitely.


EXAMPLES

Join a set of files for different years:

csvstack -g 2009,2010 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv examples/realdata/Datagov_FY10_EDU_recp_by_State.csv


Add a single column to the left of a CSV:

csvstack -n NEWCOL -g "" examples/dummy.csv


AUTHOR

Christopher Groskopf and contributors

COPYRIGHT

2016, Christopher Groskopf and James McKinney

July 13, 2024 2.0.1