Dump categories to tabbed CSV file

dumpCategories.php

<?php

chdir(dirname(__FILE__));

require_once '../app/Mage.php';
@$app = Mage::app($argv[1]);

$catalogId = $app->getStore()->getRootCategoryId();
$category = Mage::getModel ('catalog/category');

catalogTraversal($category,$catalogId);

function catalogTraversal( $category, $catalogId=null){
    $curCatalog = $category->load($catalogId);
    $childCats = $curCatalog->getChildrenCategories();
    if (count($childCats) > 0){
        foreach ($childCats as $childCat){
            for ($j=0; $j<$childCat->getLevel(); $j++){
                echo ',';
            }
            echo '"' . addslashes($childCat->getName()). '"->"'.  $childCat->getId().'"';
            echo "\n";
            
            catalogTraversal($category, $childCat->getId());
        }
    }
}