File: csvfd.1m

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.TH csvfd  
.ds n 5
.ds d /usr/bin/csvfd
.SH NAME
\fBcsvfd\fR - Dump specified fields from a csv file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcsvfd\fR [ GNU style options]  [\fB-F -FO -dh -dn 1,2,3 \fR] [\fBfile\fR] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBcsvfd\fR looks in \fIfile\fR for \fBfields\fR specified.  For each
one found, a line is written to standard output. 
The csv field headers can also be sing the -dh (dump headers) flag. 

Fields can be specified by either name or number (both can be acertained using the \fI-dh\fR flag on the 
csv file first to figure out which fields you want.

.TP 5
\fB-dh\fR
Dump csv file headers - dumps the first line of the specified csv in a numbered list. 
.TP 5
\fB-df\ <n>\fR
Dump field(s) number n - accepts comma delimited list for multiple field numbers eg: -df 1,2,3
.TP 5
\fB-dn <n>\fR
Like \fB-df\fR but takes the names of the csv fields instead - eg -dn Code,UID,Desc,Name (commas for multiple names)
.TP 5
\fB-F\fR
Sets the field delimiter that is used in the input csv file
.TP 5
\fB-FO\fR
Sets the output field delimiter that will be used in the output of csvfd
.SH FILES
.TP 20
\*d
.SH NOTES
This script was written by Mark Williamson - its a php class sitting in a dir in a path. 
It tries to pretend its a c style linux app in its argument processing. 
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBphp\fR(3X)
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Williamson fate_amendable_to_change@yahoo.com 
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