csvflatten¶
Description¶
Print records in column-per-line format. Best used in conjunction with csvlook
Similar in concept to xsv flatten, though the output is much different.
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Basic example and transformation¶
Given the file at examples/statecodes.csv, which looks like this:
code |
name |
|---|---|
IA |
Iowa |
RI |
Rhode Island |
TN |
Tennessee |
And then passing it into csvflatten:
$ csvflatten examples/statecodes.csv
Results in this output:
fieldname,value
code,IA
name,Iowa
~~~~~~~~~,
code,RI
name,Rhode Island
~~~~~~~~~,
code,TN
name,Tennessee
Which looks like this as a table:
fieldname |
value |
|---|---|
code |
IA |
name |
Iowa |
code |
RI |
name |
Rhode Island |
code |
TN |
name |
Tennessee |
More examples¶
Shakespeare and csvlook:
$ csvflatten examples/hamlet.csv | csvlook
| fieldname | value |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| act | 1 |
| scene | 5 |
| speaker | Horatio |
| lines | Propose the oath, my lord. |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| act | 1 |
| scene | 5 |
| speaker | Hamlet |
| lines | Never to speak of this that you have seen, |
| | Swear by my sword. |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| act | 1 |
| scene | 5 |
| speaker | Ghost |
| lines | [Beneath] Swear. |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| act | 3 |
| scene | 4 |
| speaker | Gertrude |
| lines | O, speak to me no more; |
| | These words, like daggers, enter in mine ears; |
| | No more, sweet Hamlet! |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| act | 4 |
| scene | 7 |
| speaker | Laertes |
| lines | Know you the hand? |
Chopping the text length to no more than 20 characters per line:
$ csvflatten -L 20 examples/hamlet.csv | csvlook
fieldname | value |——— | ——————– |act | 1 |scene | 5 |speaker | Horatio |lines | Propose the oath, my || lord. |~~~~~~~~~ | |act | 1 |scene | 5 |speaker | Hamlet |lines | Never to speak of th || is that you have see || n, || Swear by my sword. |~~~~~~~~~ | |act | 1 |scene | 5 |speaker | Ghost |lines | [Beneath] Swear. |~~~~~~~~~ | |act | 3 |scene | 4 |speaker | Gertrude |lines | O, speak to me no mo || re; || These words, like da || ggers, enter in mine || ears; || No more, sweet Hamle || t! |~~~~~~~~~ | |act | 4 |scene | 7 |speaker | Laertes |lines | Know you the hand? |
Another example with csvlook:
$ csvflatten examples/longvals.csv -L 50 | csvlook | pbcopy
| fieldname | value |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| title | Raising Arizona |
| release_date | March 13, 1987 |
| length | 94 |
| box_office | 292000000 |
| description | Repeat convict "Hi" and police officer "Ed" meet i |
| | n prison, get married, and hope to raise a family. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| title | Face/Off |
| release_date | June 27, 1997 |
| length | 139 |
| box_office | 80000000 |
| description | John Travolta plays an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage |
| | plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume each o |
| | ther's physical appearance. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face/Off |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| title | Adaptation |
| release_date | Dec. 6, 2002 |
| length | 114 |
| box_office | 32800000 |
| description | The self-loathing Charlie Kaufman is hired to writ |
| | e the screenplay adaptation of Susan Orlean's The |
| | Orchid Thief. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film) |
Label each line of a chopped field with its respective header:
$ csvflatten examples/longvals.csv -L 50 -B | csvlook
| fieldname | value |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| title | Raising Arizona |
| release_date | March 13, 1987 |
| length | 94 |
| box_office | 292000000 |
| description | Repeat convict "Hi" and police officer "Ed" meet i |
| description~1 | n prison, get married, and hope to raise a family. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| title | Face/Off |
| release_date | June 27, 1997 |
| length | 139 |
| box_office | 80000000 |
| description | John Travolta plays an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage |
| description~1 | plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume each o |
| description~2 | ther's physical appearance. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face/Off |
| ~~~~~~~~~ | |
| title | Adaptation |
| release_date | Dec. 6, 2002 |
| length | 114 |
| box_office | 32800000 |
| description | The self-loathing Charlie Kaufman is hired to writ |
| description~1 | e the screenplay adaptation of Susan Orlean's The |
| description~2 | Orchid Thief. |
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_(film) |