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A command-line interface that loads a CSV file and outputs a bar chart.

Project description

A small command-line utility to take a CSV file and print a bar chart in your terminal. Especially useful in combination with tools like CSVKit, q, and jq.

$ curl -s http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/totals/2015/files/NST-EST2015-alldata.csv | head -n 6 | bars --label NAME --value POPESTIMATE2015 --width 72 -
NAME             POPESTIMATE2015
United States        321,418,820 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
Northeast Region      56,283,891 ▓░░░░░
Midwest Region        67,907,403 ▓░░░░░░
South Region         121,182,847 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░
West Region           76,044,679 ▓░░░░░░░
                                 +---------+---------------------------+
                                 0    100,000,000            400,000,000

Installation

pip install -e git+https://github.com/flother/bars#egg=bars

Requirements

Usage

Usage: bars [OPTIONS] CSV

  Load a CSV file and output a bar chart.

Options:
  --label TEXT        Name or index of the column containing the label values.
                      Defaults to the first text column.
  --value TEXT        Name or index of the column containing the bar values.
                      Defaults to the first numeric column.
  --domain NUMBER...  Minimum and maximum values for the chart's x-axis.
  --width INTEGER     Width, in characters, to use to print the chart.
                      [default: 80]
  --skip INTEGER      Number of rows to skip.  [default: 0]
  --encoding TEXT     Character encoding of the CSV file.  [default: UTF-8]
  --no-header         Indicates the CSV file contains no header row.
  --printable         Only use printable characters to draw the bar chart.
  --help              Show this message and exit.

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