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.TH CSVLOOK "1" "October 2020" "csvlook 1.0.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
csvlook \- manual page for csvlook 1.0.5
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: csvlook [\-h] [\-d DELIMITER] [\-t] [\-q QUOTECHAR] [\-u {0,1,2,3}] [\-b]
.IP
[\-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]
.PP
Render a CSV file in the console as a Markdown\-compatible, fixed\-width table.
.SS "positional arguments:"
.TP
FILE
The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
input as piped data via STDIN.
.SS "optional arguments:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-d\fR DELIMITER, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR DELIMITER
Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR
Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with
tabs. Overrides "\-d".
.TP
\fB\-q\fR QUOTECHAR, \fB\-\-quotechar\fR QUOTECHAR
Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-u\fR {0,1,2,3}, \fB\-\-quoting\fR {0,1,2,3}
Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote
Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non\-numeric, 3 =
Quote None.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-no\-doublequote\fR
Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input
CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR ESCAPECHAR, \fB\-\-escapechar\fR ESCAPECHAR
Character used to escape the delimiter if \fB\-\-quoting\fR 3
("Quote None") is specified and to escape the
QUOTECHAR if \fB\-\-no\-doublequote\fR is specified.
.TP
\fB\-z\fR FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT, \fB\-\-maxfieldsize\fR FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV
file.
.TP
\fB\-e\fR ENCODING, \fB\-\-encoding\fR ENCODING
Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
.TP
\fB\-L\fR LOCALE, \fB\-\-locale\fR LOCALE
Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-skipinitialspace\fR
Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
.TP
\fB\-\-blanks\fR
Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to
NULL.
.TP
\fB\-\-date\-format\fR DATE_FORMAT
Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".
.TP
\fB\-\-datetime\-format\fR DATETIME_FORMAT
Specify a strptime datetime format string like
"%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".
.TP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-no\-header\-row\fR
Specify that the input CSV file has no header row.
Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).
.TP
\fB\-K\fR SKIP_LINES, \fB\-\-skip\-lines\fR SKIP_LINES
Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the
header row (e.g. comments, copyright notices, empty
rows).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-linenumbers\fR
Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the
output. Useful when piping to grep or as a simple
primary key.
.TP
\fB\-\-zero\fR
When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use
zero\-based numbering instead of the default 1\-based
numbering.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-max\-rows\fR MAX_ROWS
The maximum number of rows to display before
truncating the data.
.TP
\fB\-\-max\-columns\fR MAX_COLUMNS
The maximum number of columns to display before
truncating the data.
.TP
\fB\-\-max\-column\-width\fR MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH
Truncate all columns to at most this width. The
remainder will be replaced with ellipsis.
.TP
\fB\-y\fR SNIFF_LIMIT, \fB\-\-snifflimit\fR SNIFF_LIMIT
Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of
bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing entirely.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-no\-inference\fR
Disable type inference when parsing the input.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B csvlook
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B csvlook
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info csvlook
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.