Bug#995617: ITP: csvquote -- smart and simple CSV processing on the command line
Hi Jonas,
03/10/2021 13:01, Jonas Smedegaard :
> Quoting Romain Porte (2021-10-03 12:22:46)
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Romain Porte
>> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org,
>> debian-scie...@lists.debian.org, deb...@microjoe.org
>>
>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>> Hash: SHA512
>>
>> * Package name: csvquote
>> Version : 0.0~20180528
>> Upstream Author : Dan Brown
>> * URL : https://github.com/dbro/csvquote
>> * License : Expat
>> Programming Lang: C
>> Description : smart and simple CSV processing on the command line
>>
>> This tool can be used to escape problematic characters from
>> CSV file using a pipe. Then, the CSV entries can be processed
>> by regular UNIX tools like awk. Finally, calling `csvquote -u`
>> reverts the escaping codes in order to create back the CSV data.
>>
>> I plan to release this tool in the debian-science team, or if no
>> answer from this team under my own name.
> Please mention in long description how this tool is different from
> seemingly similar tools csvtool, csvkit, textql, and ffe.
I think the provided long description is clear: the tool is only capable
of escaping characters, and is thus very minimalistic. All of the
processing power proposed by {csvtool,csvkit,textql,ffe} is not
available in this tool because the purpose is completly different. The
processing can be made using regular coreutil tools like awk, cut, head,
tail, etc.. and then the data can be escaped back to proper CSV format
by calling the tool again with another option.
The tool is very simple and is composed of a single C source file,
making it both small and "doing one thing and one thing well". As it can
be composed with coreutil tools which are very likely to be installed,
the total footprint is minimal for trivial CSV manipulations — like
printing the third row with `csvquote | awk -f, '{print $3}' | csvquote
-u` — instead of having to use a full-featured tool/framework.
Please extend your request if I misunderstood it.
Best regards.
OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#995617: ITP: csvquote -- smart and simple CSV processing on the command line
Quoting Romain Porte (2021-10-03 12:22:46) > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Romain Porte > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, debian-scie...@lists.debian.org, > deb...@microjoe.org > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > * Package name: csvquote > Version : 0.0~20180528 > Upstream Author : Dan Brown > * URL : https://github.com/dbro/csvquote > * License : Expat > Programming Lang: C > Description : smart and simple CSV processing on the command line > > This tool can be used to escape problematic characters from > CSV file using a pipe. Then, the CSV entries can be processed > by regular UNIX tools like awk. Finally, calling `csvquote -u` > reverts the escaping codes in order to create back the CSV data. > > I plan to release this tool in the debian-science team, or if no > answer from this team under my own name. Please mention in long description how this tool is different from seemingly similar tools csvtool, csvkit, textql, and ffe. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Bug#995617: ITP: csvquote -- smart and simple CSV processing on the command line
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Romain Porte X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, debian-scie...@lists.debian.org, deb...@microjoe.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 * Package name: csvquote Version : 0.0~20180528 Upstream Author : Dan Brown * URL : https://github.com/dbro/csvquote * License : Expat Programming Lang: C Description : smart and simple CSV processing on the command line This tool can be used to escape problematic characters from CSV file using a pipe. Then, the CSV entries can be processed by regular UNIX tools like awk. Finally, calling `csvquote -u` reverts the escaping codes in order to create back the CSV data. I plan to release this tool in the debian-science team, or if no answer from this team under my own name. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQJIBAEBCgAyFiEE/0vnfqUe7n1fhjM4L/9j9YUbA+IFAmFZhHUUHGRlYmlhbkBt aWNyb2pvZS5vcmcACgkQL/9j9YUbA+Lo/Q/6ArCRH6UZG/hL4PDQkJQTxVl8pUIk 6frjPHvlWd3Qv4rddujgQttOCyZadsEa7YiDMXBHkMijFgbK08sptZUO28Nl3pgJ /7EW46EAHbfSGeN5RRzFmUUKwgu1onVIGWYygL1AonqE1eIE6NK/o4T64Md0TAKY iKAzvAige3ZeTsbE0UTc6oZvusFJtzM6S6hkoVA7Pqpc4OPJvZlzO0xAHobVk4jk voEmbkPzqbqXGyhLoIcJpbga6tr76eJgBg9Ilh/vPJy1FpTenIB6Cfia9zoOPHjm l62Aqi3gCgAOoviLY78UQRylKhK4ESsIUzVv7/XYRC6Ik7fqD1Inm7jlFjnap8Uk kOldWOo2o4jDioj1Mnp/FUNsNqcM8J/SCk5Jr6IL/pDLmm7cIAkpmvX0rEB6mnJr vJefUZ8vzBrBZUdfB6WLL02Cq+h6+xrEyXHif5a1b3dDJMLPOsHZo/RwCA6nq9mt 3jZ1lBzyJS9Mbnp7zPsbGTWSQXafNTM02y6nIQK7zQspNC78Fmf7prq0tzXEm91V jfUPvB7m3M1s3aUUZxD2FQjsZV5TUZOupo8uLSfdssbSLwDtbBgDVKIQKxfvjqoL aBqsfZZQtkyrj2HffoGVVGKo97D0AxQ+UD6Vtl5rDwv0Ytl7e/nJeGEFo2zzJoGe gE3VuJ9xa1LqSNI= =fzDw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
