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This is an old revision of CommandCsv2xml made by DavidLee on 2009-11-24 10:51:38.
Command csv2xml
Name
csv2xml converts a csv file to an xml fileSynopsis
csv2xml [options] [csvfile]Options
-root rootname use "rootname" as the root element name, default "root"-row rowname use "rowname" as each row's element name, default "row"
-col colname use "colname" as each column's element name (or for attribute normal format, the attribute prefix)
-colnames names Use a sequence or , separated list of strings to specify the column names
-delim delimchar deliminate columns with delimchar, default ","
-tab Use tab char as delimitor. Synonymous for -delim <[ "	" ]>
-quote quotechar quote with quote character, default "
-encoding encoding read csv file in encoding (default "cp1252")
-header read 1 row from the csv file and use as column names (element or attribute)
-attr Output in attribute normal format (each column is an attribute), default row normal format
-skip lines Skip # lines before reading header or data
csvfile Name of the csv file to convert, otherwise stdin. Default "-" (stdin)
If -colnames is specified, its argument is taken to be either a sequence of strings, or a single string which is "," seperated which specifieds the column names to be used.
if -header is specified then the first row of the CSV file is read and the values used as column names.
If both -colnames and -header are specified then -colnames takes precedence but the header is still read.
Example
$ echo foo,bar | csv2xml <root> <row> <col>foo</col> <col>bar</col> </row> </root>
Return Value
Returns 0 if the conversion is successfulCommands
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