com.mindprod.csv
Class CSVDump

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.mindprod.csv.CSVDump

public final class CSVDump
extends java.lang.Object

display a csv file with fields separated with |.

Use: java.exe com.mindprod.CSVDump somefile.csv

Since:
1998
Version:
3.6 2011-01-25 allow you to specify encoding
Author:
Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products

Constructor Summary
CSVDump(java.io.File file, char separatorChar, char quoteChar, java.lang.String commentChars, java.lang.String encoding)
          Dump CSV file.
 
Method Summary
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Simple command line interface to Dump.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CSVDump

public CSVDump(java.io.File file,
               char separatorChar,
               char quoteChar,
               java.lang.String commentChars,
               java.lang.String encoding)
        throws java.io.IOException
Dump CSV file.

Parameters:
file - CSV file to be dumped
separatorChar - field separator character, usually ',' in North America, ';' in Europe and sometimes '\t' for tab.
quoteChar - char to use to enclose fields containing a separator, usually '\"'. Use (char)0 if you don't want a quote character.
commentChars - characters that mark the start of a comment, usually "#", but can be multiple chars. Note this is a "string" not a 'char'.
encoding - encoding of input and output.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if problems reading file
Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
Simple command line interface to Dump. Dumps one csv file whose name is on the command line. Must have extension .csv
Use java com.mindprod.CSVDump somefile.csv

Parameters:
args - name of csv file to remove excess quotes and space