start by saying, I\'m very new to using bash and any sort of script writing in general.
I have a csv file that has basic column headers and values underneath which look
awk 'NR>1 {print i=1+i, $2}' file
NR>1 skips the first line, in your case the header.
NR>1
print print following
print
i=1+i prints i, i is first 0 and add 1, so i is 1, next time 2 and so on.
i=1+i
$2 prints the second column.
$2
file is the path to your file.
file