[FIXED] How to extract one column of a csv file

Issue

If I have a csv file, is there a quick bash way to print out the contents of only any single column? It is safe to assume that each row has the same number of columns, but each column's content would have different length.

Solution

You could use awk for this. Change '$2' to the nth column you want.

awk -F "\"*,\"*" '{print $2}' textfile.csv

Answered By - synthesizerpatel

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (PHPFixing Volunteer)