csvkit-bash
csvkit-bash
Read, filter, transform and output CSV/TSV data in bash. No Python required — pure shell with awk under the hood.
Installation
bpkg install jakwings/csvkit-bash
Usage
source bpkg_modules/csvkit-bash/csv.sh
# Get column by header name
csv_col data.csv "email"
# Filter rows where column matches value
csv_filter data.csv "country" "Italy"
# Print specific columns only
csv_cut data.csv "name,email,country"
# Count rows (excluding header)
csv_count data.csv
# Convert CSV to JSON array
csv_to_json data.csv
Pipeline example
csv_filter users.csv "active" "true" \
| csv_cut - "name,email" \
| csv_to_json