1CSVSORT(1)                          csvkit                          CSVSORT(1)
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NAME

6       csvsort - csvsort Documentation
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DESCRIPTION

9       Sort CSV files. Like the Unix “sort” command, but for tabular data:
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11          usage: csvsort [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]
12                         [-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE]
13                         [-S] [--blanks] [--date-format DATE_FORMAT]
14                         [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v]
15                         [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-n] [-c COLUMNS] [-r] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I]
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18          Sort CSV files. Like the Unix "sort" command, but for tabular data.
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20          positional arguments:
21            FILE                  The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
22                                  input as piped data via STDIN.
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24          optional arguments:
25            -h, --help            show this help message and exit
26            -n, --names           Display column names and indices from the input CSV
27                                  and exit.
28            -c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS
29                                  A comma-separated list of column indices, names or
30                                  ranges to sort by, e.g. "1,id,3-5". Defaults to all
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32            -r, --reverse         Sort in descending order.
33            -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
34                                  Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of
35                                  bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing.
36            -I, --no-inference    Disable type inference when parsing the input.
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38       See also: Arguments common to all tools.
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41          If your file is large, try sort -t, file.csv instead.
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EXAMPLES

44       Sort the veteran’s education benefits table by the “TOTAL” column:
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46          csvsort -c 9 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv
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48       View  the five states with the most individuals claiming veteran’s edu‐
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51          csvcut -c 1,9 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | csvsort -r -c 2 | head -n 5
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AUTHOR

54       Christopher Groskopf
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57       2023, Christopher Groskopf
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621.1.1                            Jul 21, 2023                       CSVSORT(1)
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