/csv2mdtable

Simple C++ program to transform csv files into pretty markdown tables

Primary LanguageC++MIT LicenseMIT

csv2mdtable

Simple C++ console program to transform csv files into pretty markdown tables.

Simple example:

col 1,col 2,col 3,col 4        |col 1|col 2|col 3|col 4|
5,6,7,8                   ->   |-----|-----|-----|-----|
9,10,11,12                     |5    |6    |7    |8    |
                               |9    |10   |11   |12   |

Which renders as

col 1 col 2 col 3 col 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12

Installation

  1. Download or clone this repository
  2. Run make (or cmake directly)
  3. Place the executable csv2mdtable anywhere on your path

Usage

Command line arguments:

  • -i <file> input file in csv format. Read standard input if absent
  • -o <file> output file. Print to standard output if absent
  • -a <str> column alignement (string of 'l', 'c', 'r', '_') specifying if each column is left aligned, centered, right aligned or unspecified.
  • -c <char> column separation character, attempts to autodetermine if absent. Autodetermine chooses between these characters '\t', ',', ';', '.', ' '.
  • -l <char> line separation character, default is \n
  • -no-pad don't autopad columns to have same width
  • -no-pipes don't place external pipes (leftmost and rightmost)
  • -h --help show help
  • -v --version show version number