Upload your CSV file in the form below and it will automatically get converted to a TSV file. In the tool options, you can customize the input CSV format – specify the field delimiter, quotation character, and comment symbol, as well as skip empty CSV lines, and choose whether to preserve CSV column headers.
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CSV Format Options
Enter the character used to delimit columns in the CSV file.
Enter the quote character used to quote the CSV fields.
Enter the character indicating the start of a comment line. Lines starting with this symbol will be skipped.
Conversion Options
Keep the first row as column names.
Enable to prevent the conversion of empty lines in the input CSV file.
What is a Convert CSV to TSV?
This tool transforms Comma Separated Values (CSV) data to Tab Separated Values (TSV) data. Both CSV and TSV are popular file formats for storing tabular data but they use different delimiters to separate values – CSV uses commas (
Convert CSV to TSV Examples
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In this example, we transform a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file containing a leaderboard of gaming data into a Tab Separated Values (TSV) file. The input data shows the players' names, scores, times, and goals. We preserve the CSV column headers by enabling the "Preserve Headers" option and convert all data rows into TSV format. The resulting data is easier to work with as it's organized in neat columns
CSV Format Options
Enter the character used to delimit columns in the CSV file.
Enter the quote character used to quote the CSV fields.
Enter the character indicating the start of a comment line. Lines starting with this symbol will be skipped.
Conversion Options
Keep the first row as column names.
Enable to prevent the conversion of empty lines in the input CSV file.
In this example, we load a CSV file containing coffee varieties and their origins. The file is quite messy, with numerous empty lines and comments, and it is hard to work with. To clean up the file, we specify the comment pattern // in the options, and the program automatically removes the comment lines from the input. Also, the empty lines are automatically removed. Once the file is cleaned up, we transform the five clean rows into five columns, each having a height of two fields.
CSV Format Options
Enter the character used to delimit columns in the CSV file.
Enter the quote character used to quote the CSV fields.
Enter the character indicating the start of a comment line. Lines starting with this symbol will be skipped.
Conversion Options
Keep the first row as column names.
Enable to prevent the conversion of empty lines in the input CSV file.
In this example, we swap rows and columns in CSV data about team sports, the equipment used, and the number of players. The input has 5 rows and 3 columns and once rows and columns have been swapped, the output has 3 rows and 5 columns. Also notice that in the last data record, for the "Baseball" game, the number of players is missing. To create a fully-filled CSV, we use a custom message "NA", specified in the options, and fill the missing CSV field with this value.
CSV Format Options
Enter the character used to delimit columns in the CSV file.
Enter the quote character used to quote the CSV fields.
Enter the character indicating the start of a comment line. Lines starting with this symbol will be skipped.
Conversion Options
Keep the first row as column names.
Enable to prevent the conversion of empty lines in the input CSV file.