Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:55:56 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tab-delimited to csv Message-ID: <20090216175556.GA53460@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <A1268853-0066-4604-AB9E-7D45E738BF32@identry.com> References: <A1268853-0066-4604-AB9E-7D45E738BF32@identry.com>
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--a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:55:50AM -0500, John Almberg wrote: > Can anyone suggest a way to convert a tab-delimited file to csv using =20 > standard unix utilities? I could whip up a Ruby script to do it, but =20 As long as the files don't contain commas themselves, it is a straightforward sed or perl command: replace '\t' with '","' And any field has internal double quotes, it becomes more difficult. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values > I hate to reinvent the wheel. I'd whip up that script. There is a shareware tab2csv utility for windows for $49.95: http://www.download32.com/info-pack-com-tab2csv-i31827.= html OTOH, if you have a spreadsheet program like Gnumeric or OpenOffice installed, you might be able to script those to import from tab-delimited and export to CSV. Admittedly that is like using a nuke to kill a fly. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmZqKwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXa0ACeOUJAP/vBeNuT6igUPE84rC4x dbgAmwdFaDt7VMyBdVIP2N9nnd5ut5Nw =VRqk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C--
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