csvcolumnremover

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csvcolumnremover

A simple csv column remover written in Go.

Installation

go install github.com/csaldiasdev/csvcolumnremover@latest

This places the csvcolumnremover binary in $(go env GOBIN) (or $(go env GOPATH)/bin). Make sure that directory is on your PATH.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/csaldiasdev/csvcolumnremover.git
cd csvcolumnremover
go build

Usage

csvcolumnremover -input <file> -column <name|index> [-output <file>]

Flags

• -input — path to the input CSV file (required)
• -column — column to remove: header name, or 0-based index prefixed with # (required)
• -output — path to the output CSV file (defaults to stdout)

Examples

Remove the age column by name and print to stdout:

csvcolumnremover -input people.csv -column age

Remove the first column by index and write to a file:

csvcolumnremover -input people.csv -column '#0' -output trimmed.csv