NAME

       csvlook - manual page for csvlook 1.5.0

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] [--null-value
              NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]]  [--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] [--max-precision MAX_PRECISION]  [--no-number-ellipsis]  [-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.

   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.

       -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.

       --max-precision MAX_PRECISION
              The maximum number of decimal places to display. The remainder will be replaced with ellipsis.

       --no-number-ellipsis
              Disable the ellipsis if --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 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.

csvlook 1.5.0                                       July 2024                                         CSVLOOK(1)