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csvtool:tldr:913e8
csvtool: Find lines in a CSV file where the second column ends with 'Baz' and then extract the third and sixth columns.
$ csvtool --column ${2} --search '${Baz$}' ${filename-csv} | csvtool --no-header --column ${3,6}
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This command is using a tool called csvtool to manipulate a CSV file.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
csvtool
: This is the name of the tool being used.--column ${2}
: This option specifies which column(s) to operate on. It uses the value of the 2nd argument passed to the command.--search '${Baz$}'
: This option specifies a search pattern to filter the rows. It uses the value of the environment variableBaz
followed by a$
sign. The exact meaning of this search pattern would depend on the content of theBaz
environment variable.${filename-csv}
: This is the name of the CSV file to be processed. It uses the value of the environment variablefilename-csv
.|
: This is a pipe symbol indicating that the output of the firstcsvtool
command will be passed as input to the secondcsvtool
command.csvtool --no-header --column ${3,6}
: This is the secondcsvtool
command. It operates on the output of the first command.--no-header
: This option specifies that the input CSV file does not have a header row.--column ${3,6}
: This option specifies which column(s) to operate on. It uses the value of the 3rd and 6th arguments passed to the command.
Overall, this command is using csvtool
to filter rows from a CSV file based on a search pattern and then operates on specific columns of the filtered rows using another csvtool
command. The exact functionality and output of this command would depend on the values of the arguments and the Baz
environment variable.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.