Python script to convert DBF database file to CSV

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Python script to convert DBF database file to CSV

• First download dbfpy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbfpy/files/latest/download?source=files
• Then install: sudo python setup.py install

To convert DBF file to CSV:

./dbf2csv database.dbf

dbf2csv.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import csv
from dbfpy import dbf
import os
import sys

filename = sys.argv[1]
if filename.endswith('.dbf'):
    print ("Converting %s to csv" % filename)
    csv_fn = filename[:-4]+ ".csv"
    with open(csv_fn,'wb') as csvfile:
        in_db = dbf.Dbf(filename)
        out_csv = csv.writer(csvfile)
        names = []
        for field in in_db.header.fields:
            names.append(field.name)
        out_csv.writerow(names)
        for rec in in_db:
            out_csv.writerow(rec.fieldData)
        in_db.close()
        print ("Done...")
else:
  print ("Filename does not end with .dbf")

You saved my bacon with this, Thank you!

Fellas, I ve been having issues with slots from fields.py as I try to run the code:

import fields
File "C:\Users\Amore\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Lib\site-packages\dbfpy\fields.py", line 44, in <module>
class DbfFieldDef(object):
ValueError: 'length' in __slots__ conflicts with class variable

Any thoughts on how to solve it?

Cheers