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rsv

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A command-line tool written in Rust for analyzing CSV, TXT, and Excel files.

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# csv, excel toolkit written in Rust

**rsv** is a command-line tool for handling both large and small CSV, TXT, EXCEL files efficiently. Key features include:

- written in Rust
- fast and parallel data processing (based on Rayon)
- real-time progress bar
- simple usage
- support command pipelines

## Usage

download **rsv.exe** from the Release tab, and add it to system path.

## Available commands

- **head** - Show head n lines of CSV, TXT or EXCEL file.
- **tail** - Show tail n lines of CSV, TXT or EXCEL file.
- **header** - Show file headers.
- **count** - Count the number of lines of file 🏃.
- **estimate** - Fast estimate the number of lines.
- **clean** - Clean file with escape char (e.g. ") or other strings 🏃.
- **unique** - Drop duplicates of data.
- **frequency** - Show frequency table for column(s) 🏃 ⭐️.
- **split** - Split file into separate files sequentially or based on column value 🏃 ⭐️.
- **select** - Select rows and columns by filter 🏃.
- **flatten** - Prints flattened records to view records one by one.
- **slice** - Prints a slice of rows from file.
- **search** - Search with regexes 🏃 ⭐️.
- **sort** - In-memory data sorting, support for at most two columns ⭐️.
- **sample** - Data sampling based on priority queue.
- **stats** - Statistics for column(s), including min, max, mean, unique, null 🏃 ⭐️.
- **excel2csv** - Convert excel to csv.
- **to** - Save command output data to disk, can be one of TXT, CSV, TSV, XLSX or XLS.
- **table** - Format data as an aligned table.

Tips 1:

- 🏃 indicates support for a real-time progress bar.
- ⭐️ indicates support for parallel data processing.

Tips 2:

All commands, except "clean" and "excel2csv", are allowed to be chained.

Tips 3:

You can always check the usage of each command by executing **rsv command --help** or **rsv command -h**,
for example, rsv frequency --help.

## Basic Usage

- **rsv head**

```shell
rsv head data.csv                   # default to show head 10 records
rsv head -n 5 data.csv              # show head 5 records
rsv head data.xlsx                  # EXCEL file, default to first sheet
rsv head --sheet 1 data.xlsx        # second sheet
rsv head --help                     # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv tail**

```shell
rsv tail data.csv                   # default to show tail 10 records
rsv tail -n 5 data.csv              # show tail 5 records
rsv tail data.xlsx                  # EXCEL file, default to first sheet
rsv tail --sheet 1 data.xlsx        # second sheet
rsv tail --help                     # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv header**

```shell
rsv headers data.csv                # separator "," (default)
rsv headers -s \t data.csv          # separator tab
rsv headers data.xlsx               # EXCEL file
rsv headers --help                  # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv count**

```shell
rsv count data.csv                  # plain-text file
rsv count data.xlsx                 # EXCEL file
rsv count --no-header data.csv
rsv count --help                    # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv estimate**

```shell
rsv estimate data.csv
rsv estimate data.xlsx
rsv estimate --help                 # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv clean**

```shell
rsv clean data.csv                               # default to clean escape char "
rsv clean -e "content-to-delete" data.csv        # escape is a str, clean str to empty
rsv clean -o new-file.csv data.csv               # save to new-file.csv, the default is data-cleaned.csv
rsv clean --help                                 # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv unique**

```shell
rsv unique data.csv               # default to drop duplicates on all columns,
                                  # default keep first record of duplicates
rsv unique -c 0 data.csv          # drop on first column
rsv unique -c 0,1 data.csv        # drop on first and second columns
rsv unique --keep-last data.csv   # keep the last record when dropping
rsv unique data.xlsx              # apply to EXCEL file
rsv unique data.txt               # apply to TXT file
rsv unique --help                 # help info on all flags

column selection syntax:
-c 0,1,2,5   -->    cols [0,1,2,5]
-c 0-2,5     -->    same as cols [0,1,2,5]
-c -1        -->    last column
-c -2--1     -->    last two columns
```

- **rsv frequency**

```shell
rsv frequency -c 0 data.csv              # default to the first column, descending order
rsv frequency -c 0 data.xlsx             # EXCEL file
rsv frequency -c 0,1,2,5 data.csv        # columns 0, 1, 2, and 5
rsv frequency -c 0-2,5 data.csv          # same as above
rsv frequency -c 0-2 --export data.csv   # export result to data-frequency.csv
rsv frequency -n 10 data.csv             # keep top 10 frequent items
rsv frequency -a 10 data.csv             # in ascending order
rsv frequency --help                     # help info on all flags

column selection syntax:
-c 0,1,2,5   -->    cols [0,1,2,5]
-c 0-2,5     -->    same as cols [0,1,2,5]
-c -1        -->    last column
-c -2--1     -->    last two columns
```

- **rsv split**

```shell
rsv split data.csv                # default to first column and field separator of ,
rsv split data.xlsx               # EXCEL file
rsv split -s \t data.csv          # tab separator
rsv split -c 1 data.csv           # split based on second column
rsv split -c 0 -s \t data.csv     # first column, \t separator
rsv split --size 1000 data.xlsx   # Sequential split, 1000 records in a file.
rsv split --help                  # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv select**

```shell
rsv select -f 0=a,b,c data.csv          # first column has values of a, b, or c
rsv select -f 0=a,b,c data.xlsx         # EXCEL file, sheet can be specified with the --sheet flag
rsv select -f "0N>10&1=c" data.csv      # first column > 10 numerically, AND the second column equals c
rsv select -f "0>@1-10*(@3+2)" data.csv # math calculation based on column 2 (@1) and column 4 (@3)
                                        # left column is treated as numeric automatically
rsv select -f 0!= --export data.csv     # export result, in which the first column is non-empty
rsv select --help                       # help info on other options

Filter syntax, support =, !=, >, >=, <, <= and &:
-f 0=a,b,c           -->  first column is a, b, or c
-f 0N=1,2            -->  first column numerically equals to 1 or 2
-f 0!=               -->  first column is not empty
-f "0>=2022-01-21"   -->  first column equal to or bigger than 2022-01-21, lexicographically
-f "0N>10"           -->  first column > 10 numerically
-f "0N>10&2=pattern" -->  first column > 10 numerically, AND the third column equals to <pattern>

Math express syntax (support +, -, *, /, %, ^, (, )):
-f "0>@1 + 1"        -->  first column > second column plus one
-f "0>=(@1+1)/(2^2)" -->  first column >= (second column + 1) / (2 ^ 2)

NOTE: 1. only & (AND) operation is supported, | (OR) operation is not supported;
      2. quotes are needed when the filter contains special chars, e.g., &, > or <;
      3. The filter option can be omitted to select all rows.
      4. The filter supports math expression calculation, where @ is used to refer to a column.
         Math expression can only be provided on the RIGHT SIDE. Left side column is treated
         automatically as a numeric column.

column selection syntax:
-c 0,1,2,5   -->    cols [0,1,2,5]
-c 0-2,5     -->    same as cols [0,1,2,5]
-c -1        -->    last column
-c -2--1     -->    last two columns
```

- **rsv flatten**

```shell
rsv flatten data.csv                       # default to show first 5 records
rsv flatten -n 50 data.csv                 # show 50 records
rsv flatten data.xls                       # EXCEL file
rsv flatten --delimiter "--" data.csv      # change line delimiter to anything
rsv flatten --help                         # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv slice**

```shell
rsv slice -s 100 -e 150 data.csv           # set start and end index
rsv slice -s 100 -l 50 data.csv            # set start index and the length
rsv slice -s 100 -l 50 data.xlsx           # EXCEL FILE
rsv slice -s 100 -l 50 --export data.csv   # export to data-slice.csv
rsv slice -e 10 --export data.csv          # set end index and export data
rsv slice -i 9 data.csv                    # the 10th line sliced only
rsv slice --help                           # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv search**

```shell
rsv search -p PATTERN data.csv                # search PATTERN
rsv search -p "^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$" data.csv  # search dates
rsv search -p PATTERN --export data.csv       # export result
rsv search -p PATTERN data.xlsx               # search EXCEL file
rsv search -p PATTERN -c 0,1 data.xlsx        # search the first two columns
rsv search -p PATTERN -c 0,1 -o 3-6 data.xlsx # select columns 3-6 in output
rsv search -p PATTERN -S all data.xlsx        # search all sheets of EXCEL
rsv slice --help                              # help info on all flags

column selection syntax (apply to both -f and -c filters):
-c 0,1,2,5   -->    cols [0,1,2,5]
-c 0-2,5     -->    same as cols [0,1,2,5]
-c -1        -->    last column
-c -2--1     -->    last two columns
```

- **rsv sample**

```shell
rsv sample data.csv                 # default to sample 10 records
rsv sample --no-header data.csv     # no-header
rsv sample -n 20 data.csv           # pull more
rsv sample -n 20 data.xlsx          # EXCEL file
rsv sample --seed 100 data.xlsx     # set a seed
rsv sample --time-limit 2 data.xlsx # set time limit to 2 seconds for large file
rsv sample -n 20 --export data.xlsx # data export
rsv sample --help                   # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv sort**

```shell
rsv sort -c 0 data.csv        # default to sort by first column in ascending
rsv sort -c 0D data.csv       # descending sort
rsv sort -c 0DN data.csv      # sort as numeric values
rsv sort -c 0DN,2N data.csv   # sort two columns
rsv sort -E data.csv          # export result
rsv sort data.xlsx            # sort EXCEL file
rsv sort --help               # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv stats**

```shell
rsv stats data.csv                       # all columns, statistics include: min, max, mean, unique, null
rsv stats data.xlsx                      # EXCEL FILE
rsv stats -c 0,1 data.csv                # first two columns
rsv stats -c 0,1 --export data.csv       # export to data-stats.csv
rsv slice --help                         # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv excel2csv**

```shell
rsv excel2csv data.xlsx                 # apply to xlsx file, default to first sheet (or sheet1)
rsv excel2csv data.xls                  # apply also to xls file
rsv excel2csv --sheet 1 data.xls        # second sheet, e.g., sheet 2
rsv excel2csv -S 1 data.xls             # same as above
rsv excel2csv --help                    # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv table**

```shell
rsv head data.csv | rsv table                   # convert result to an aligned table
rsv slice -s 10 -e 15 data.csv | rsv table      # convert result to an aligned table
rsv table --help                                # help info on all flags
```

- **rsv to**

```shell
rsv head data.csv | rsv to data.xlsx                      # save to the data.xlsx file
rsv head data.csv | rsv to data.xlsx --text-columns 0,1   # regard first two columns as texts
rsv head data.csv | rsv to data.xlsx --date-columns 0,1   # regard first two columns as date or datetime
rsv to --help                                             # help info on all flags
```

## Command pipeline

- **two commands pipelined**

```shell
rsv search "^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$" data.csv | rsv table     # search date and print in an aligned table
rsv select -f 0=a,b data.csv | rsv frequency -c 0         # filter rows and get its frequency table
rsv select -f "0!=&2N>10" data.csv | rsv head -n 5        # filter rows, and show head 5 records
rsv select -f "2N=10,20" -c 0-4 data.csv | rsv stats      # filter rows, select columns and make statistics
rsv select -f "2N=10,20" -c 0-4 data.csv | rsv sort -c 2  # filter rows, select columns and sort data
```

- **more commands pipelined**

```shell
rsv search pattern1 data.csv | rsv sort -c 1ND | rsv table             # search, sort and print
rsv select -f 1=a,b data.csv | rsv search pattern | rsv stats          # select, search, and make statistics
rsv select -f "0N>=10&0N<20" data.csv | rsv search pattern | rsv table # select, search, and print in a table
```

## Data export

- **method 1: by the --export or -E flag, support exporting to csv file only**

```shell
rsv slice -s 1000 -e 2000 --export data.csv           # the data export flag
rsv slice -s 1000 -e 2000 -E data.csv                 # same as above
rsv search --export pattern data.xlsx                 # export search data
rsv select -f "0N>=10" --export pattern data.xlsx     # export select data
```

- **method 2: by "rsv to" subcommand, support csv, txt, tsv, excel**

```shell
rsv slice -s 1000 -e 2000 data.csv | rsv to out.csv          # export to CSV
rsv slice -s 1000 -e 2000 data.csv | rsv to out.xlsx         # export to EXCEL
rsv search pattern data.xlsx | rsv to out.tsv                # export to TSV
rsv select -f "0N>=10" pattern data.xlsx | rsv to out.txt    # export to TXT
```

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