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Re: Formatting Columnar/Delimited Data?
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Sami Kerola |
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Re: Formatting Columnar/Delimited Data? |
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Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:48:57 +0100 |
On 16 September 2013 15:43, Aaron Davies <address@hidden> wrote:
> Are there any tools for formatting character-delimited, columnar
> files (csv, tab-separated, etc.) for easy viewing? I'm looking for
> something that will work out the proper width for each column and use
> that to output the file in space-padded, fixed-width format.
A command from util-linux package might suitable for purpose you are after.
column -s, -t example.csv
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Sami Kerola
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