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xsv — A CSV toolkit written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv>.

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How to use the xsv command: A CSV toolkit written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv>.

xsv — A CSV toolkit written in Rust. More information: <https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv>.

Inspect the headers of a file:

xsv headers {{path/to/file.csv}}

Count the number of entries:

xsv count {{path/to/file.csv}}

Get an overview of the shape of entries:

xsv stats {{path/to/file.csv}} | xsv table

Select a few columns:

xsv select {{column1,column2}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

Show 10 random entries:

xsv sample {{10}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

Join a column from one file to another:

xsv join --no-case {{column1}} {{path/to/file1.csv}} {{column2}} {{path/to/file2.csv}} | xsv table

Inspect the headers of a file

xsv headers {{path/to/file.csv}}

Count the number of entries

xsv count {{path/to/file.csv}}

Get an overview of the shape of entries

xsv stats {{path/to/file.csv}} | xsv table

Select a few columns

xsv select {{column1,column2}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

Show 10 random entries

xsv sample {{10}} {{path/to/file.csv}}

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