Dump a DBase DBF file to stdout as a CSV file

dbf2csv.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Dump a DBase DBF file to stdout as a CSV file
#
# Get dbfpy from http://dbfpy.sourceforge.net/ first
#

from dbfpy import dbf
import sys

db = dbf.Dbf(sys.argv[1])
for header in db.header.fields[:-1]:
    print header.name+", ",
print db.header.fields[-1].name
for rec in db:
    for field in rec.fieldData[:-1]:
        print str(field)+", ",
    print rec.fieldData[-1]