csvcut

Filter and truncate CSV files. Like Unix's cut command, but for tabular data. Included in csvkit. More information: https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/scripts/csvcut.html.

• Print indices and names of all columns:

csvcut -n data.csv

• Extract the first and third columns:

csvcut -c 1,3 data.csv

• Extract all columns except the fourth one:

csvcut -C 4 data.csv

• Extract the columns named "id" and "first name" (in that order):

csvcut -c id,"first name" data.csv