csvlens

csvlens is a command line CSV file viewer. It is similar to 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

Supported interactions

• Scroll: hjkl, ← ↓ ↑→ , Page Up, Page Down
• Go to bottom: G
• Go to top: g
• Go to line n: nG
• Search: /<thing>
  • Go to next result: n
  • Go to previous result: N
• Filter: &<thing> (or //<thing>)
• Exit: q

Optional parameters

• -d <delimiter>: Custom delimiter to use when parsing the CSV (e.g. csvlens file.csv -d \t)

Installation

csvlens is available on crates.io, so you can install it using:

cargo install csvlens

Or, build and install from source:

cargo install --path $(pwd)

Linux package managers

csvlens is also available on pkgsrc. If you're using NetBSD you can install it using:

pkgin install csvlens