NAME

       csvpy - csvpy Documentation

DESCRIPTION

       Loads  a  CSV  file  into  a  agate.csv.Reader  object and then drops into a Python shell so the user can
       inspect the data however they see fit:

          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] [-l] [--zero] [-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.

          optional arguments:
            -h, --help            show this help message 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 (and --locale, --date-format,
                                  --datetime-format, --no-leading-zeroes) when parsing
                                  the input.

       This tool will automatically use the IPython shell if it is installed, otherwise it will use the  running
       Python shell.

       NOTE:
          Due to platform limitations, csvpy does not accept file input as piped data via STDIN.

       See also: Arguments common to all tools.

EXAMPLES

       Basic use:

       $ csvpy examples/dummy.csv
              Welcome! "examples/dummy.csv" has been loaded in a reader object named "reader".  >>> next(reader)
              ['a', 'b', 'c']

       As a dictionary:

          $ csvpy --dict examples/dummy.csv
          Welcome! "examples/dummy.csv" has been loaded in a DictReader object named "reader".
          >>> next(reader)
          {'a': '1', 'c': '3', 'b': '2'}

       As an agate table:

          $ csvpy --agate examples/dummy.csv
          Welcome! "examples/dummy.csv" has been loaded in a from_csv object named "reader".
          >>> reader.print_table()
          |    a | b | c |
          | ---- | - | - |
          | True | 2 | 3 |

AUTHOR

       Christopher Groskopf and contributors

COPYRIGHT

       2016, Christopher Groskopf and James McKinney

2.2.0                                             Aug 16, 2024                                          CSVPY(1)