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csvlook Documentation
Examples (TL;DR)
- View a CSV file:
csvlook data.csv
Description
Renders a CSV to the command line in a Markdown-compatible, fixed-width format:
usage: csvlook [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b] [-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE] [-S] [--blanks] [--date-format DATE_FORMAT] [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-l] [--zero] [-V] [--max-rows MAX_ROWS] [--max-columns MAX_COLUMNS] [--max-column-width MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I] [FILE] Render a CSV file in the console as a Markdown-compatible, fixed-width table. positional arguments: FILE The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --max-rows MAX_ROWS The maximum number of rows to display before truncating the data. --max-columns MAX_COLUMNS The maximum number of columns to display before truncating the data. --max-column-width MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH Truncate all columns to at most this width. The remainder will be replaced with ellipsis. -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing. -I, --no-inference Disable type inference when parsing the input.
If a table is too wide to display properly try piping the output to less -S or truncating it using csvcut.
If the table is too long, try filtering it down with grep or piping the output to less.
See also: Arguments common to all tools.
NOTE:
The fractional part of a decimal numberal is always truncated. To control this truncation, use --no-inference along with --max-column-width.
Examples
Basic use:
csvlook examples/testfixed_converted.csv
This tool is especially useful as a final operation when piping through other tools:
csvcut -c 9,1 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | csvlook
Author
Christopher Groskopf
Copyright
2023, Christopher Groskopf
Info
Jul 21, 2023 1.1.1 csvkit