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 facil-
ity 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 table, 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 repre-
sented by a pair of double-quotes. Two primitives are pro-
vided:
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 nec-
essary.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/sh/csv.b
SEE ALSO
sh(1), sh-std(1)
BUGS
Empty lines are ambiguous: csv treats an empty line as con-
taining a single, empty element; there is thus no way of
representing a line containing no elements at all.
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