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csvgrep:tldr:cae6e
The given command is using the csvgrep
command-line tool to search for a specific value in a CSV file.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
-
csvgrep
: This is the command-line tool being used to perform the CSV search operation. -
-i
: It stands for "ignore case." This flag tellscsvgrep
to perform a case-insensitive search, meaning it will consider uppercase and lowercase letters as the same. -
-c ${name}
: This option specifies the column to search in the CSV file.${name}
represents a variable that should contain the column name. For example, if${name}
is replaced withage
, it will search in the "age" column. -
-m "${John Doe}"
: This option specifies the search criteria.${John Doe}
represents a variable that should contain the value to search for. The value is enclosed in double quotes to indicate that it is a string. -
${data-csv}
: This is another variable representing the filename of the CSV file to search in.
Combining all the components, the command searches for the value "John Doe" (case-insensitive) in the column specified by ${name}
within the CSV file ${data-csv}
.