added a dump_csv script

.gitignore

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+opensecrets

dump_csv.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# dump csv file contents
+
+require 'csv'
+require 'optparse'
+
+# basic commandline parsing
+options = {}
+
+parser = OptionParser.new do |parser|
+	parser.banner = "Usage: dump_csv.rb [options]" 
+	parser.on("-c", "--column INT", "The column number to dump.") do |column|
+		options[:column] = column
+	end
+	parser.on("-f", "--filename NAME", "The CSV filename to use.") do |filename|
+		options[:filename] = filename
+	end
+end
+
+parser.parse!
+
+
+col_data = []
+CSV.foreach(options[:filename]) {|col| col_data << col[options[:column].to_i]}
+
+puts col_data