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6 csvlook - csvlook Documentation
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9 Renders a CSV to the command line in a Markdown-compatible, fixed-width
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12 usage: csvlook [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]
13 [-p ESCAPECHAR] [-z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT] [-e ENCODING] [-L LOCALE]
14 [-S] [--blanks] [--date-format DATE_FORMAT]
15 [--datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT] [-H] [-K SKIP_LINES] [-v]
16 [-l] [--zero] [-V] [--max-rows MAX_ROWS]
17 [--max-columns MAX_COLUMNS]
18 [--max-column-width MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I]
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21 Render a CSV file in the console as a Markdown-compatible, fixed-width table.
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24 FILE The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept
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28 -h, --help show this help message and exit
29 --max-rows MAX_ROWS The maximum number of rows to display before
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31 --max-columns MAX_COLUMNS
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34 --max-column-width MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH
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37 -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
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40 -I, --no-inference Disable type inference when parsing the input.
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42 If a table is too wide to display properly try piping the output to
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45 If the table is too long, try filtering it down with grep or piping the
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48 See also: ../common_arguments.
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53 csvlook examples/testfixed_converted.csv
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55 This tool is especially useful as a final operation when piping through
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58 csvcut -c 9,1 examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv | csvlook
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61 Christopher Groskopf
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64 2019, Christopher Groskopf
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691.0.4 Aug 01, 2019 CSVLOOK(1)