SH-CSV(1)SH-CSV(1)NAME
csv, getcsv - parse ``comma-separated values''
SYNOPSIS
load csv
getcsv command
${csv list}
DESCRIPTION
Csv is a loadable module for sh(1) that provides the facility to parse
and generate ``comma-separated value'' lists, a widely used data
exchange format. Data in this format is usually in the form of a ta‐
ble, each row of which contains one or more items, each separated by a
comma (,). Items that contain a comma or a newline are surrounded with
double-quotes ("). A double-quote within an item is represented by a
pair of double-quotes. Two primitives are provided:
getcsv Getcsv works similiarly to getlines in sh-std(1). It reads
from the standard input, and for every line read, invokes
command with $line set to the items found on that line (one
element per item). Getcsv recognises the usual loop break
and continue exceptions.
${csv} Csv yields a single element containing all the items in list,
comma-separated and quoted as necessary.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/sh/csv.b
SEE ALSOsh(1), sh-std(1)BUGS
Empty lines are ambiguous: csv treats an empty line as containing a
single, empty element; there is thus no way of representing a line con‐
taining no elements at all.
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