csvgen

a small utility to create mock-csv files with various datatypes.

commandline parameters

All commandline parameters are optional.

• size: required filesize

  default: 2 MB

• header: create column headers

  default: string, float, int

• column-types: pass types for column values

  default: string, float, int

• filepath: write to provided path

  default: stdout

examples

display help

```lang=bash $ csvgen --help csvgen 0.1.0 jkm jkm@bricknet.de Generate mock csv-files with various datatypes.

USAGE: csvgen [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS: --help Prints help information -h, --header Print column headers. -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: -c, --column-types Specify types for columns. -f, --filepath Write to file path instead of stdout. -s, --size Specify size of output file in MB. ```

write 1 MB to stdout using default output-format

lang=bash $ csvgen -s 1 | tail -5 "pass cute",234.63565236879606,-1574574 "modern pleasure found various",-370.60698067726923,172070 "burn vegetable modern various",-257.9846409797992,-155605 "knowing",515.0382860189012,-1358241 "explain thank dress",500.2067882269995,1523743

write default-sized (2 MB), custom-formatted file at specified path and print header-line

lang=bash $ csvgen -h -c int,string,int,string,int -f /tmp/foo.csv $ head -5 /tmp/foo.csv int,string,int,string,int 935304,"knowing explain burn sofa",-219593,"sofa sofa",1119124 -1141850,"dress modern vegetable knowing",-740429,"compare cute agree",861869 -1628699,"dress sofa grateful",-1109470,"agree explain",632448 -684272,"cooing tail",639600,"dress",1110599