Reference#

csvkit is composed of command-line tools that can be divided into three major categories: Input, Processing, and Output. Documentation and examples for each tool are described on the following pages.

Input#

Processing#

See also

To deduplicate and merge CSV files, consider csvdedupe.

To change field values (i.e. to run sed or awk-like commands on CSV files), consider qsv’s replace command or miller (mlr put).

To transpose CSVs, consider qsv’s flatten command or miller’s XTAB support (mlr --oxtab).

Output and Analysis#

  • To draw plots, consider jp.

  • To diff CSVs, consider daff.

  • To explore CSVs interactively, consider VisiData.

Alternatives to csvsql are q and textql.

Common arguments#