XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in Rust
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HN comment orderI like how all those rust/go implemented, fast, cross-platform tools are starting to get mainstream. (ripgrep's another great one). Really useful if you're a programmer preferring Windows but mainly using Unix tools and developing for Unix OSes. By the way, I've been using xsv when analysing 8 GB csv's (the Amazon review dataset) and have been nothing but happy with it.
Author here. I was really hoping to get binaries for Windows/Mac/Linux available before sharing it with others, but clearly I snoozed. I do have them available for Linux though, so you don't have to install Rust in order to try xsv: https://github.com/BurntSushi/xsv/releases Otherwise, you could try using rustle[1], which should install `xsv` in one command (but it downloads Rust and compiles everything for you). While I have your attention, if I had to pick one of the cooler features of…
Are there numbers and pictures to show me how this is fast?
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 752
- Total comments
- 237
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-22 | XSV – A fast CSV toolkit in RustFirst breakout | mseri | 101 | 47 |
| 2016-09-22 | xsv: A fast CSV toolkit written in Rust | ehudla | 37 | 2 |
| 2018-09-08 | XSV: A fast CSV command-line toolkit written in RustBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | tosh | 609 | 188 |
| 2021-04-10 | xsv | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-06-15 | Xsv: A fast CSV command line toolkit written in RustHall induction | lamflam | 4 | 0 |