csvlook
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Description
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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] [-S] [-H]
                  [-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 on 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 entirely.
     -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.


Examples
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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
