Column retrieval, python, csv

col.py

"""Col dot py

Usage:
    col.py -f file -c column

Options:
    -h help     Get help
    -f file     Filename to parse
    -c column   The column to return.

"""

import csv
from docopt import docopt

if __name__ == '__main__':

    args = docopt(__doc__)

    # print(args)

    # Open the file specified by -f
    with open(args['-f'], 'rb') as infile:

        # Read into csv handler
        reader = csv.reader(infile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')

        # Pop off the first line to get the headers!
        headers = next(reader)

        # Get the index of the desired value.
        position = headers.index(args['-c'])

        # Iterate over all remaining lines, fetching value at positon
        for row in reader:
            print row[position]