diff --git a/pages/common/csvgrep.md b/pages/common/csvgrep.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a5723729a --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/csvgrep.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +# csvgrep + +> Filter CSV rows with string and pattern matching. +> Included in csvkit. + +- Find rows that have a certain string in column 1: + +`csvgrep -c {{1}} -m {{string_to_match}} {{data.csv}}` + +- Find rows in which columns 3 or 4 matches a certain regex pattern: + +`csvgrep -c {{3,4}} -r {{regex_pattern}} {{data.csv}}` + +- Find rows in which the "name" column does NOT include the string "John Doe": + +`csvgrep -i -c {{name}} -m {{"John Doe"}} {{data.csv}}`