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2.0.1                                             Jul 12, 2024                                        CSVSORT(1)

       Sort CSV files. Like the Unix "sort" command, but for tabular data:

          usage: csvsort [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]
                         [-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE]
                         [-S] [--blanks] [--null-value NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]]
                         [--date-format DATE_FORMAT] [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT]
                         [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [-n] [-c COLUMNS]
                         [-r] [-i] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I]
                         [FILE]

          Sort CSV files. Like the Unix "sort" command, but for tabular data.

          positional arguments:
            FILE                  The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
                                  input as piped data via STDIN.

          optional arguments:
            -h, --help            show this help message and exit
            -n, --names           Display column names and indices from the input CSV
                                  and exit.
            -c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS
                                  A comma-separated list of column indices, names or
                                  ranges to sort by, e.g. "1,id,3-5". Defaults to all
                                  columns.
            -r, --reverse         Sort in descending order.
            -i, --ignore-case     Perform case-independent sorting.
            -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
                                  Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of
                                  bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing.
            -I, --no-inference    Disable type inference when parsing the input.

       See also: Argumentscommontoalltools.

       NOTE:
          If your file is large, try sort-t,file.csv instead.

       Sort the veteran's education benefits table by the "TOTAL" column:

          csvsort -c 9 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv

       View the five states with the most individuals claiming veteran's education benefits:

          csvcut -c 1,9 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | csvsort -r -c 2 | head -n 5

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