csvlook(1)
| CSVLOOK(1) | csvkit | CSVLOOK(1) |
NAME
csvlook - csvlook Documentation
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
| April 24, 2023 | 1.1.1 |