VisiData

visidata

Terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data

Runs as vd|macOS, Linux, Windows|www.visidata.org

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 9 fields

Open CSV, TSV, JSON, Excel and other data files in VisiData, or run in batch mode to save the result. Per-option overrides beyond header/skip are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui visidata

Explore tabular dataExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Input files*

file

File type

string

Field delimiter

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Open files

inputsfiletypedelimiter

Convert to a file (batch)

inputsbatchoutput

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Input files

path · positional 0 · repeatable

File type

Force a loader instead of detecting by file extension.
string

--filetype-fcsvtsvjsonjsonl

Field delimiter

For tsv/usv file types.
string

--delimiter-d

Header rows

Number of rows to parse as column names (0 for none).
integer

--header

Skip rows

Rows to skip before the header.
integer

--skip

Batch mode (no interface)

Useful with --play and an output file.
boolean

--batch-b

Replay cmdlog

path

--play-p

Output file

Save the final visible sheet to this file.
path

--output-o

Skip .visidatarc and plugins

boolean

-N

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

vd [options] [input ...] -f, --filetype=filetype set loader to use for filetype instead of file extension -d, --delimiter=delimiter field delimiter to use for tsv/usv filetype -p, --play=cmdlog replay a saved cmdlog within the interface -b, --batch replay in batch mode (with no interface) -o, --output=file save final visible sheet to file as .tsv --skip…

manualDebian bookworm 2.11

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed vd against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.