Bug#719840: csvtool: Recognize "`" as an input separator char, or say it fails in --help

["Kingsley G. Morse Jr." <kingsley@loaner.com>]

Package: csvtool
Version: 1.3.0-3
Severity: normal


Thank you for maintaining csvtool.

I use it.

I happened to notice that, at least for me, it
does not seem to recognize the ` character as an
input separator.

For example:

    $ echo 'a`b' | csvtool -t \` col 2

returns nothing.

If you happen to agree that this is a problem,
maybe csvtool could be improved by either

    a.) recognizing the ` character as an input
        separator, or

    b.) saying ` won't work in the output of the
        --help option.

For what it's worth, a work around is

    $ echo 'a`b' | awk -F \` -v column=2 '{ print $column }'

Thanks,
Kingsley

    


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Versions of packages csvtool depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.17-1     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

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