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+package cmd
+
+/*
+Copyright © 2020 Jean-Marc Meessen, ON4KJM <on4kjm@gmail.com>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	//	"log"
+	//"strings"
+)
+
+var outputCsvFilename string
+var isOverwriteCsv bool
+
+// csvCmd is executed when choosing the csv option (load FLE file and generate csv file)
+var csvCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "csv",
+	Short: "Generates a SOTA .csv file based on a FLE type shorthand logfile.",
+	// 	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains examples
+	// and usage of using your command. For example:
+
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		processCsvCommand()
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(csvCmd)
+
+	csvCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&isOverwriteCsv, "overwrite", "", false, "Overwrites the output file if it exisits")
+	csvCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputCsvFilename, "output", "o", "", "Output filename")
+}
+
+func processCsvCommand() {
+
+	verifiedOutputFilename, filenameWasOK := buildOutputFilename(outputFilename, inputFilename, isOverwrite)
+	fmt.Println("csv called")
+	fmt.Println("Inputfile: ", inputFilename)
+	fmt.Println("OutputFile: ", outputFilename)
+	fmt.Println("computed output: ", verifiedOutputFilename)
+	fmt.Println("Output filenameWasOK: ", filenameWasOK)
+	fmt.Println("isOverwrite: ", isOverwrite)
+
+	// if the output file could not be parsed correctly do noting
+	if filenameWasOK {
+		// loadedLogFile, isLoadedOK := loadFile()
+
+		// //TODO: move this in a function so that it can be more easily tested
+		// if isLoadedOK {
+		// 	if len(loadedLogFile) == 0 {
+		// 		fmt.Println("No useful data read. Aborting...")
+		// 		return
+		// 	}
+
+		// 	//TODO: There are more tests required here
+		// 	//check if we have the necessary information for the type
+		// 	if isWWFFcli {
+		// 		if loadedLogFile[0].MyWWFF == "" {
+		// 			fmt.Println("Missing MY-WWFF reference. Aborting...")
+		// 			return
+		// 		}
+		// 	}
+
+		// 	outputAdif(verifiedOutputFilename, loadedLogFile, isWWFFcli, isSOTAcli)
+		// }
+	}
+}