NAME

       csvpy - manual page for csvpy 1.4.0

DESCRIPTION

       usage: csvpy [-h] [-d DELIMITER] [-t] [-q QUOTECHAR] [-u {0,1,2,3}] [-b]

              [-p  ESCAPECHAR]  [-z  FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT]  [-e  ENCODING] [-L LOCALE] [-S] [--blanks] [--null-value
              NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]]  [--date-format  DATE_FORMAT]  [--datetime-format  DATETIME_FORMAT]
              [-H]  [-K  SKIP_LINES]  [-v]  [-V] [--dict] [--agate] [--no-number-ellipsis] [-y SNIFF_LIMIT] [-I]
              [FILE]

       Load a CSV file into a CSV reader and then drop into a Python shell.

   positional arguments:
       FILE   The CSV file to operate on. If omitted, will accept input as piped data via STDIN.

   options:
       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       -d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
              Delimiting character of the input CSV file.

       -t, --tabs
              Specify that the input CSV file is delimited with tabs. Overrides "-d".

       -q QUOTECHAR, --quotechar QUOTECHAR
              Character used to quote strings in the input CSV file.

       -u {0,1,2,3}, --quoting {0,1,2,3}
              Quoting style used in the input CSV file. 0 = Quote Minimal, 1 = Quote All, 2 = Quote Non-numeric,
              3 = Quote None.

       -b, --no-doublequote
              Whether or not double quotes are doubled in the input CSV file.

       -p ESCAPECHAR, --escapechar ESCAPECHAR
              Character used to escape the delimiter if --quoting 3 ("Quote None") is specified  and  to  escape
              the QUOTECHAR if --no-doublequote is specified.

       -z FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT, --maxfieldsize FIELD_SIZE_LIMIT
              Maximum length of a single field in the input CSV file.

       -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
              Specify the encoding of the input CSV file.

       -L LOCALE, --locale LOCALE
              Specify the locale (en_US) of any formatted numbers.

       -S, --skipinitialspace
              Ignore whitespace immediately following the delimiter.

       --blanks
              Do not convert "", "na", "n/a", "none", "null", "." to NULL.

       --null-value NULL_VALUES [NULL_VALUES ...]
              Convert this value to NULL. --null-value can be specified multiple times.

       --date-format DATE_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime date format string like "%m/%d/%Y".

       --datetime-format DATETIME_FORMAT
              Specify a strptime datetime format string like "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p".

       -H, --no-header-row
              Specify that the input CSV file has no header row.  Will create default headers (a,b,c,...).

       -K SKIP_LINES, --skip-lines SKIP_LINES
              Specify  the  number  of  initial  lines  to  skip before the header row (e.g. comments, copyright
              notices, empty rows).

       -v, --verbose
              Print detailed tracebacks when errors occur.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       --dict Load the CSV file into a DictReader.

       --agate
              Load the CSV file into an agate table.

       --no-number-ellipsis
              Disable the ellipsis if the max precision is exceeded.

       -y SNIFF_LIMIT, --snifflimit SNIFF_LIMIT
              Limit CSV dialect sniffing to the specified number of  bytes.  Specify  "0"  to  disable  sniffing
              entirely, or "-1" to sniff the entire file.

       -I, --no-inference
              Disable type inference when parsing the input. This disables the reformatting of values.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation for csvpy is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and csvpy programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info csvpy

       should give you access to the complete manual.

csvpy 1.4.0                                       February 2024                                         CSVPY(1)