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Clean csv of in-line newlines
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
import csv | |
import sys | |
import argparse | |
import io | |
csv.field_size_limit(sys.maxsize) | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Clean csv of in-line newlines') | |
parser.add_argument('infile',help='Path to input CSV file'); | |
parser.add_argument('outfile',help='Path to output CSV file'); | |
args = parser.parse_args(); | |
inf = file(args.infile,'r') | |
outf = file(args.outfile,'w') | |
try: | |
reader = csv.reader(inf) | |
writer = csv.writer(outf) | |
for row in reader: | |
newrow = [col.replace('\r\n', '##').replace('\n','##') for col in row] | |
writer.writerow(newrow) | |
finally: | |
inf.close() | |
outf.close() |
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