@kszongic/csv-pick-cli

Pick specific columns from CSV data by name or index. Zero dependencies.

Install

npm i -g @kszongic/csv-pick-cli

Usage

# By column name
csv-pick name,email users.csv

# By index (0-based)
csv-pick 0,2,4 data.csv

# From stdin
cat data.csv | csv-pick name,age

# Custom delimiter (TSV)
csv-pick -d "\t" name,score data.tsv

Example

$ echo "name,age,city\nAlice,30,NYC\nBob,25,LA" | csv-pick name,city
name,city
Alice,NYC
Bob,LA

Features

• Pick columns by name or 0-based index
• Handles quoted fields with commas and escaped quotes
• Custom delimiter support (TSV, pipe-separated, etc.)
• Zero dependencies — just Node.js
• Reads from file or stdin

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -d, --delimiter <char> | Field delimiter (default: ,) | | -h, --help | Show help | | -v, --version | Show version |

License

MIT © 2026 kszongic