csv2files: A Ruby repository from louismrose

Csv2Files

Generates a directory containing a file for each row in a CSV file.

For example, the following CSV:

Exam Number,Report,Code
louis,50,25
dimitar,50,50

Will generate the following directory structure:

output/
  louis 
  dimitar

Where the first file contains:

Report=50
Code=25

And the second file contains:

Report=50
Code=50

Installation

Assuming that git and ruby are installed, Csv2Files can be installed by cloning this git repository:

git clone git://github.com/louismrose/csv2files.git

If you're behind a firewall, you may need to use HTTP:

git clone http://github.com/louismrose/csv2files.git

Usage

From within the csv2files directory, Csv2Files is invoked using:

ruby csv2files.rb

This assumes a CSV file called input.csv in the csv2files directory, and generates files to the output directory. Any existing files in the output directory are deleted.

Headers

If the file header.txt exists in the csv2files directory, the contents of that file is included at the top of each generated file.

For example, the following input.csv:

Exam Number,Report,Code
louis,50,25

With the following header.txt:

These marks are organically farmed.
No students were harmed during this assessment.

Will produce a file, output/louis, containing:

These marks are organically farmed.
No students were harmed during this assessment.
Report=50
Code=25