flat_kit

A library and commandline program for reading, writing, indexing, sorting, and merging CSV, TSV, JSON and other flat-file formats.


Keywords
csv, flat-file, json
License
MIT
Install
gem install flat_kit -v 0.3.0

Documentation

FlatKit

DESCRIPTION

A library and commandline program for reading, writing, indexing, sorting, and merging CSV, TSV, JSON and other flat-file formats.

FEATURES

  • Currently supporting CSV/TSV/XSV and JSON formats
  • Transparently handles gzipped compressed input or output
  • Sort records based upon the named keys of your choice
  • Efficent singles pass merge of any number of sorted input files into a single output file.
  • Both a commandline tool and a ruby library to utilize in your own programs
Usage:
  fk <command> [<args>...]
  fk [options]

Options:
  -v, --verbose    Force debug. Output lots of informtion to standard error
  --list           List all the commands
  --log=<s>        Set the logger output location (default: <stderr>)
  -h, --help       Show help message
  --version        Print version and exit

Commands:

  cat      Concatenate files together that have the same structure.
  merge    Merge sorted files together that have the same structure.
  sort     Sort a given file by a set of fields.

EXAMPLES

Convert input csv files into a single output json file

fk cat files/*csv -o output.json

Sort an input json file and output it as a compressed csv

fk sort --key year,month,day input.json -o output.csv.gz

Merge an entire directory of sorted record compressed csv files into a compress json file

fk merge --key category,timestamp sorted/*.csv.gz -o sorted.json.gz

CREDITS / REFERENCES

MIT LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Jeremy Hinegardner

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