csvkit

csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for converting to and working with CSV. It provides the following commands:

• Input:

  • in2csv: Convert various formats to CSV.

  • sql2csv: Execute SQL commands on a database and return the data as CSV.

• Processing:

  • csvclean: Remove common syntax errors.

  • csvcut: Filter and truncate CSV files.

  • csvgrep: Filter tabular data to only those rows where certain columns contain a given value or match a regular expression.

  • csvjoin: Merges two or more CSV tables together using a method analogous to SQL JOIN operation.

  • csvsort: Sort CSV files.

  • csvstack: Stack up the rows from multiple CSV files, optionally adding a grouping value to each row.

• Output and analysis:

  • csvformat: Convert a CSV file to a custom output format.

  • csvjson: Converts a CSV file into JSON or GeoJSON.

  • csvlook: Renders a CSV to the command line in a Markdown-compatible, fixed-width format.

  • csvpy: Loads a CSV file into a agate.csv.Reader object and then drops into a Python shell so the user can inspect the data however they see fit.

  • csvsql: Generate SQL statements for a CSV file or execute those statements directly on a database.

  • csvstat: Prints descriptive statistics for all columns in a CSV file.