commit f13038b0c84c555280e0432c8510fbced95564ad
Author: Mal <oliver-bunert@posteo.de>
Date:   Thu Jan 30 00:18:09 2025 +0100

    Init

diff --git a/csvtrans.py b/csvtrans.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+	prog='CSV Transformer',
+	description='Creates a new CSV from another CSV file with all desired (renamed) columns in the desired order.'
+)
+parser.add_argument('file', help='The CSV file to edit.')
+parser.add_argument('-c', '--columns', required=True, help='The columns to keep, rename (=) or to add (+) comma separated (Example: "Test,One=Two,+Three")')
+parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', help='The name of the output file (if not specified the output will be written to the console)')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+columns_wanted = args.columns.split(',')
+
+with open(args.file, 'r') as file:
+	csv = file.read()
+
+lines = csv.split('\n')[:-1]
+columns = lines[0].split(';')
+new_head = []
+column_to_column = []
+
+for i,c in enumerate(columns_wanted):
+	if c.find('=') != -1:
+		old_name, new_name = c.split('=')
+	else:
+		old_name = c
+		new_name = c
+
+	new_head.append(new_name.replace('+', ''))
+
+	if old_name.startswith('+'):
+		index_old = None
+	else:
+		try:
+			index_old = columns.index(old_name)
+		except ValueError:
+			print('Error: The column %s does not exist!' % (old_name))
+			sys.exit(1)
+
+
+	column_to_column.append(index_old)	
+
+new_lines = []
+
+for l in lines[1:]:
+	new_line = []
+	fields = l.split(';')
+
+	for i,c in enumerate(column_to_column):
+		if c is None:
+			new_line.append('')
+		else:
+			new_line.append(fields[c])
+
+	new_lines.append(';'.join(new_line))
+
+output = ';'.join(new_head) + '\n'.join(new_lines)
+
+if args.output is None:
+	print(output)
+else:
+	with open(args.output, 'w') as file:
+		file.write(output)
+