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NAME¶
csvpy - manual page for csvpy 1.4.0
DESCRIPTION¶
usage: csvpy [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]
- [-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE] [-S] [--blanks] [--null-value NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]] [--date-format DATE_FORMAT] [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v] [-V] [--dict] [--agate] [--no-number-ellipsis] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I] [FILE]
Load a CSV file into a CSV reader and then drop into a Python shell.
positional arguments:¶
- FILE
- The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.
options:¶
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
- Delimiting character of the input CSV file.
- -t, --tabs
- Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-d".
- -q QUOTECHAR, --quotechar QUOTECHAR
- Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.
- -u {0,1,2,3}, --quoting {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.
- -b, --no-doublequote
- Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.
- -p ESCAPECHAR, --escapechar ESCAPECHAR
- Character used to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is specified and to escape the QUOTECHAR if --no-doublequote is specified.
- -z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT, --maxfieldsize FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
- Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.
- -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
- Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.
- -L LOCALE, --locale LOCALE
- Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.
- -S, --skipinitialspace
- Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.
- --blanks
- Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to NULL.
- --null-value NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]
- Convert this value to NULL. --null-value can be specified multiple times.
- --date-format DATE_FORMAT
- Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".
- --datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT
- Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".
- -H, --no-header-row
- Specify that the input CSV file has no header row. Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).
- -K SKIP_LINES, --skip-lines SKIP_LINES
- Specify the number of initial lines to skip before the header row (e.g. comments, copyright notices, empty rows).
- -v, --verbose
- Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.
- -V, --version
- Display version information and exit.
- --dict
- Load the CSV file into a DictReader.
- --agate
- Load the CSV file into an agate table.
- --no-number-ellipsis
- Disable the ellipsis if the max precision is exceeded.
- -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
- Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of bytes. Specify "0" to disable sniffing entirely, or "-1" to sniff the entire file.
- -I, --no-inference
- Disable type inference when parsing the input. This disables the reformatting of values.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for csvpy is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and csvpy programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info csvpy
should give you access to the complete manual.
| February 2024 | csvpy 1.4.0 |