SH-CSV(1)
NAME
csv, getcsv − parse “comma-separated values”
SYNOPSIS
load csv
getcsv command
${csv list}
DESCRIPTION
Csv is a loadable module for sh(1) that provides the facility to parse and generate “comma-separated value” lists, a widely used data exchange format. Data in this format is usually in the form of a table, each row of which contains one or more items, each separated by a comma (,). Items that contain a comma or a newline are surrounded with double-quotes ("). A double-quote within an item is represented by a pair of double-quotes. Two primitives are provided:
getcsv Getcsv works similiarly to getlines in sh-std(1). It reads from the standard input, and for every line read, invokes command with $line set to the items found on that line (one element per item). Getcsv recognises the usual loop break and continue exceptions.
${csv} Csv yields a single element containing all the items in list, comma-separated and quoted as necessary.
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/sh/csv.b
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Empty lines are ambiguous: csv treats an empty line as containing a single, empty element; there is thus no way of representing a line containing no elements at all.