Convert tsv to csv with optional unescaping.

tsv2csv

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use Text::CSV;
use Getopt::Long   qw/ GetOptionsFromArray :config pass_through /;
use warnings;
use strict;

my $usage = "usage: $0 [-e] < file.tsv\n";

exit main( @ARGV );


sub main
{
  my $escape = 0;

  GetOptionsFromArray( \@_, 'escape|e' => \$escape ) or die $usage;

  my $csv = Text::CSV->new( { binary => 1 } );
  my $out = \*STDOUT;

  while (<STDIN>)
  {
    chomp;
    do { print $/; next } if /^\s*$/;
    my @row = split /\t/;
    @row = map c_unescape($_) => @row if $escape;
    $csv->combine( @row ) or die "CSV error: ".$csv->error_diag;
    print $out $csv->string.$/;
  }

  return 0;
}


sub c_unescape
{
  my $str = shift;
  my %unescapes =
  (
    "\\\\" => "\\",
    "\\n" => "\n",
    "\\t" => "\t",
  );
  $str =~ s/(\\[\\nt])/ $unescapes{$1} /ge;
  return $str;
}