csvlens 0.1.9

Command line csv viewer
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csvlens

csvlens is a command line CSV file viewer. It is like less but made for CSV.

Demo

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 + h (or Ctrl + ←) Scroll one window left
Ctrl + l (or Ctrl + →) Scroll one window right
G Go to bottom
g 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)
q Exit

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