csvlens
csvlens is a command line CSV file viewer. It is like less but made for CSV.
Usage⚑
Run csvlens by providing the CSV filename:
csvlens <filename>
Pipe CSV data directly to csvlens:
<your commands producing some csv data> | csvlens
Key bindings⚑
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
hjkl (or ← ↓ ↑→) | Scroll one row or column in the given direction |
Ctrl + f (or Page Down) | Scroll one window down |
Ctrl + b (or Page Up) | Scroll one window up |
Ctrl + d (or d) | Scroll half a window down |
Ctrl + u (or u) | Scroll half a window up |
Ctrl + h | Scroll one window left |
Ctrl + l | Scroll one window right |
Ctrl + ← | Scroll left to first column |
Ctrl + → | Scroll right to last column |
G (or End) | Go to bottom |
g (or Home) | Go to top |
<n>G | Go to line n |
/<regex> | Find content matching regex and highlight matches |
n (in Find mode) | Jump to next result |
N (in Find mode) | Jump to previous result |
&<regex> | Filter rows using regex (show only matches) |
*<regex> | Filter columns using regex (show only matches) |
TAB | Toggle between row, column or cell selection modes |
> | Increase selected column's width |
< | Decrease selected column's width |
Shift + ↓ (or Shift + j) | Sort rows or toggle sort direction by the selected column |
# (in Cell mode) | Find and highlight rows like the selected cell |
@ (in Cell mode) | Filter rows like the selected cell |
y (in Cell Mode) | Copy the selected cell to clipboard |
Enter (in Cell mode) | Print the selected cell to stdout and exit |
-S | Toggle line wrapping |
-W | Toggle line wrapping by words |
r | Reset to default view (clear all filters and custom column widths) |
H (or ?) | Display help |
q | Exit |
Installation⚑
Download the binary directly from the releases or if you have cargo installed do:
cargo install csvlens