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:
|
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
-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.
--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.
-l, --linenumbers
Insert a column of line numbers at the front of the output. Useful when piping to grep or as a simple primary key.
|
--zero |
When interpreting or displaying column numbers, use zero-based numbering instead of the default 1-based numbering. |
-V, --version
Display version information 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 entirely.
-I, --no-inference
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.