rainbowcsv

Outputs csv columns in easy-to-discern colors in the terminal.

Installation

pip install rainbowcsv

Usage

Use on a file

rainbowcsv path/to/file.csv

or use with pipes

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dannysepler/rainbowcsv/main/resources/movies.csv | rainbowcsv

Options

rainbowcsv --help

How it works

rainbowcsv uses the colorama library to wrap csv columns with color escape sequences.

Usage advice

csvkit is a lovely library, and we recommend using this in conjunction with it.

The csvlook command doesn't play well with rainbow csv, because it doesn't ignore color-changing characters. That's why the --table (-t for short) option is available in rainbowcsv, it creates a similar-looking table.

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dannysepler/rainbowcsv/main/resources/movies.csv | rainbowcsv --table

You can also pipe to less if you display raw control characters, via less -r or less -R