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CSVLOOK(1) User Commands CSVLOOK(1)

NAME

csvlook - manual page for csvlook 1.0.5

DESCRIPTION

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:

The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.

optional arguments:

show this help message and exit
Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-d".
Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non-numeric, 3 = Quote None.
Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.
Character used to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is specified and to escape the QUOTECHAR if --no-doublequote is specified.
Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.
Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.
Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to NULL.
Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".
Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".
Specify that the input CSV file has no header row. Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).
Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the header row (e.g. comments, copyright notices, empty rows).
Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the output. Useful when piping to grep or as a simple primary key.
When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use zero-based numbering instead of the default 1-based numbering.
Display version information and exit.
The maximum number of rows to display before truncating the data.
The maximum number of columns to display before truncating the data.
Truncate all columns to at most this width. The remainder will be replaced with ellipsis.
Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing entirely.
Disable type inference when parsing the input.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for csvlook is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and csvlook programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info csvlook

should give you access to the complete manual.

October 2020 csvlook 1.0.5