tsvsql-0.1.1.0: README

tsvsql

Templates TSV values into a SQL template

input.tsv:
apple 1
banana 2

tsvsql $ < input.tsv dist/build/tsvsql/tsvsql 'INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ($1, $2:num);'
INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ('apple', 1);
INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ('banana', 2);


WARNING: Use single quotes around the SQL template expression so that
Bash does not do interpolation.

'null' text is translated into NULL:

input2.tsv
apple	1
banana	null

tsvsql $ < input2.tsv dist/build/tsvsql/tsvsql 'INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ($1, $2:num);'
INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ('apple', 1);
INSERT into fruits (name, price) VALUES ('banana', NULL);


The subtitution placeholders are like this:

    $1      # value is a string; the value is quoted and escaped
    $2:num  # value is a number; not quoted
    $3:bool # value is a bool; "t" is true, "f" is false

The placeholders start counting the first TSV value from position 1, not
zero.