How to remove multiple lines from CSV file in nodejs

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I have a CSV file that has 5 lines at the top of the file that I want to remove using node.js. I then want to add my own header line that better matches the header I would use. I have no control of the original csv file so unable to to do this at the source.

rsp · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 17:39:16Z

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It will be easiest using one of the following modules:

or other that you find in:

(don't worry if it's CSV or TSV - just make sure that you use the correct delimiter which is comma in your case).

You might do it all manually parsing the file as text but using a module for that will be much less error prone.

(cat good-header.csv; tail -n +5 original-file.csv) > the-result.csv

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 17:39

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