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| obj | repo | rev |
|---|---|---|
| application | https://github.com/ys-l/csvlens | 2025-01-31 |
csvlens
csvlens is a command line CSV file viewer. It is like less but made
for CSV.
Usage
Run csvlens by providing the CSV filename:
csvlens <filename>
Pipe CSV data directly to csvlens:
<your commands producing some csv data> | csvlens
Key bindings
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
hjkl (or ← ↓ ↑→ ) |
Scroll one row or column in the given direction |
Ctrl + f (or Page Down) |
Scroll one window down |
Ctrl + b (or Page Up) |
Scroll one window up |
Ctrl + d (or d) |
Scroll half a window down |
Ctrl + u (or u) |
Scroll half a window up |
Ctrl + h |
Scroll one window left |
Ctrl + l |
Scroll one window right |
Ctrl + ← |
Scroll left to first column |
Ctrl + → |
Scroll right to last column |
G (or End) |
Go to bottom |
g (or Home) |
Go to top |
<n>G |
Go to line n |
/<regex> |
Find content matching regex and highlight matches |
n (in Find mode) |
Jump to next result |
N (in Find mode) |
Jump to previous result |
&<regex> |
Filter rows using regex (show only matches) |
*<regex> |
Filter columns using regex (show only matches) |
TAB |
Toggle between row, column or cell selection modes |
> |
Increase selected column's width |
< |
Decrease selected column's width |
Shift + ↓ (or Shift + j) |
Sort rows or toggle sort direction by the selected column |
# (in Cell mode) |
Find and highlight rows like the selected cell |
@ (in Cell mode) |
Filter rows like the selected cell |
y |
Copy the selected row or cell to clipboard |
Enter (in Cell mode) |
Print the selected cell to stdout and exit |
-S |
Toggle line wrapping |
-W |
Toggle line wrapping by words |
r |
Reset to default view (clear all filters and custom column widths) |
H (or ?) |
Display help |
q |
Exit |
Optional parameters
-
-d <char>: Use this delimiter when parsing the CSV
(e.g.csvlens file.csv -d '\t').Specify
-d autoto auto-detect the delimiter. -
-t,--tab-separated: Use tab as the delimiter (when specified,-dis ignored). -
-i,--ignore-case: Ignore case when searching. This flag is ignored if any
uppercase letters are present in the search string. -
--no-headers: Do not interpret the first row as headers. -
--columns <regex>: Use this regex to select columns to display by default. -
--filter <regex>: Use this regex to filter rows to display by default. -
--find <regex>: Use this regex to find and highlight matches by default. -
--echo-column <column_name>: Print the value of this column at the selected
row to stdout onEnterkey and then exit.