clevercsv(1)

Usage

clevercsv [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] [{-v | --verbose}] <command ... >

Overview

CleverCSV is a Python library and command line tool for dealing with messy CSV files. It consists of a number of commands that can be used to analyze, explore, or standardize a messy CSV file.

Further help and documentation can be found online at https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/CleverCSV or https://clevercsv.readthedocs.io

Options

-h, --help: show this help message and exit

-V, --version: Show version and exit

-v, --verbose: Enable verbose mode

Commands

The following commands are available in CleverCSV:

clevercsv-code(1)

Generate Python code to import a given CSV file

clevercsv-detect(1)

Detect the dialect of a CSV file

clevercsv-explore(1)

Infer the dialect and open the file in an interactive Python session

clevercsv-standardize(1)

Convert a messy CSV file to one that follows RFC-4180

clevercsv-view(1)

Detect the dialect and open the CSV file using TabView

Notes

1. CleverCSV GitHub repository

https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/CleverCSV

2. CleverCSV documentation

https://clevercsv.readthedocs.io

3. Wrangling Messy CSV Files by Detecting Row and Type Patterns

https://gertjanvandenburg.com/papers/VandenBurg_Nazabal_Sutton_-_Wrangling_Messy_CSV_Files_by_Detecting_Row_and_Type_Patterns_2019.pdf

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.