I have a CSV file with 4 columns: Itemname,Value,Description and component which is quite huge.
I have to generate a template from the above CSV file that displays only the rows of the specified component(say component='abc' which is the search criterion)
awk
is perfect for this.awk
is perfect for this. How does awk e.g. determine the separating character used in the CSV?. This doesn't have to be the comma, something that e.g. Ignacio assumes). This now seems more a generic programming question that belongs on Stack Overflow (if not already answered there), which is why I warned the OP.