csv bashsnippet which allows outputting only nth column of a csv (Usage: cat my.csv | ./csv column 2

csv

# quickndirty csv column grep function (for easily selecting columns from csv e.g.)
#
# Usage: cat my.csv | csv column 2 
#
# csv is a handy database-format, its editable with an texteditor, importable/exportable by
# tech and end-users (mysql/excel/php etc)
#

column(){
  cat - | sed 's/,,,/###/g' | sed 's/,,/##/g' | sed 's/,/#/g' | cut -f$1 -d"#" | sed 's/"//g'
}

this function should be removed and is superseeded by supercut