VisiData v0.91

A curses interface for exploring and arranging tabular data

Usable via any remote shell which has Python3 installed.

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Getting Started

Install VisiData

from pypi (stable branch)

$ pip3 install visidata

or clone from git

$ git clone http://github.com/saulpw/visidata.git

Dependencies

  • Python 3.3
  • python3-dateutil (if converting string column to datetime)
  • openpyxl (if opening .xlsx files)
  • h5py and numpy (if opening .hdf5 files)

Remember to install the Python3 versions of these packages with e.g. ``pip3``

Run VisiData

If installed via pip3, vd should launch without issue.

$ vd [<options>] [<inputs> ...]

If no inputs are given, vd opens the current directory. Unknown filetypes are by default viewed with a text browser.

If installed via git clone, first set up some environment variables (on terminal):

$ export PYTHONPATH=<visidata_dir>:$PYTHONPATH
$ export PATH=<visidata_dir>/bin:$PATH

License

VisiData is licensed under GPLv3.