# Install csvprintf with Homebrew, zypper Command-line utility for parsing CSV files. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install csvprintf. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:csvprintf ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install csvprintf ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install csvprintf ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: csvprintf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:csvprintf - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.3.4 - **Source summary:** Command-line utility for parsing CSV files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - csvprintf (alias) - xml2csv (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.3.4 ## Project history and usage csvprintf is a small Unix-style command-line utility for parsing CSV records and formatting each record through printf-like format strings. It also includes XML, JSON text sequence, Bash assignment, and XML-to-CSV workflows. ### Project history The project's official change log records an initial 1.0 release on November 30, 2010. Its early 1.0.x line focused on CSV edge cases and XML conversion, while later releases added named column accessors, Bash output, JSON text sequences, and fixes for column-name handling. ### Adoption history csvprintf has a narrower package footprint than the larger CSV toolkits in this batch, but the input package facts identify it in Homebrew and openSUSE zypper. Its appeal is the traditional Unix model: a compact filter that can sit in shell pipelines and produce formatted text or machine-readable output. ### How it is used The upstream README shows csvprintf being used like printf for CSV rows: users provide a format string, reference columns by position or name, and stream CSV from stdin. The same tool can emit XML and other structured forms when a pipeline needs a quick conversion step. ### Why package nerds care csvprintf matters as an example of the single-purpose C/Unix utility lineage applied to CSV. It is not a spreadsheet replacement or SQL layer; it is a formatter and converter that fits package-manager ecosystems because it builds and installs like a conventional command-line program. ### Timeline - 2010: Version 1.0 initial release. - 2013: Version 1.0.3 added XML back-to-CSV conversion. - 2021: Versions 1.2.0 and 1.3.0 added JSON text sequence and Bash output modes. - 2026: Version 1.3.4 added column-name format accessors. ### Related projects - csvprintf is adjacent to csvkit-style conversion tools and shell formatters, but its official documentation emphasizes printf-style row formatting rather than a broad subcommand suite. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - zypper - csvprintf - 1.3.4-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: csvprintf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simple CSV file parser for the UNIX command line | https://github.com/archiecobbs/csvprintf ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/csvprintf.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/csvprintf.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph