Command-Line CSV Viewer

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1. Create a new file called csv in /usr/bin/ (or in /usr/bin/local/ if it exists in your distro):

   1	$ sudo vim /usr/bin/csv

2. Paste the following code into the file (credit goes to Benjamin Noakes for this code):

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   #!/usr/bin/env bash # Author: Benjamin Oakes <hello@benjaminoakes.com> set -o errexit function show_usage { cat <<EOF Usage: $0 [--help] [filename] View a CSV file at the command line. --help Show this help text. filename CSV file to be viewed EOF exit -1 } if [ "$1" == "--help" -o "$1" == "" ]; then show_usage fi cat "$1" | column -s, -t | less -#2 -N -S

3. Exit vim (good luck!). Make this script executable:

   1	$ sudo chmod +x ./csv

4. All done! As long as /usr/bin/ is on your PATH, you should be able to nicely display CSV files in the command line with:

   1	$ csv my_file.csv