diffcsv

It finds differences between two version of a csv file which are built with same structure.

Requirements

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• Python 3.x

Setup

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$ pip install diffcsv

Usage

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diffcsv [-h] [--primary-key PRIMARY_KEY]
               [--based-on BASED_ON [BASED_ON ...]] [--delimiter DELIMITER]
               old_csv new_csv

positional arguments:
  old_csv               Path of old csv file
  new_csv               Path of new csv file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --primary-key PRIMARY_KEY
                        Common key of two csv files
  --based-on BASED_ON [BASED_ON ...]
  --delimiter DELIMITER
                        Delimiter of csv files

Example:

• version-1.csv

id,key,value,created_at
1,key-1,value-1,2018-01-01
2,key-2,value-2,2018-02-01

• version-2.csv

id,key,value,created_at
1,key-1,value-1-altered,2018-01-01
3,key-3,value-3,2018-02-02

Run:

$ diffcsv /path/of/version-1.csv /path/of/version-2.csv --primary-key id --based-on key value

Output:

"id","key","value","created_at","DIFF_STATUS"
"2","key-2","value-2","2018-02-01","DELETED"
"3","key-3","value-3","2018-02-02","INSERTED"
"1","key-1","value-1-altered","2018-01-01","UPDATED"

Contributers

Kaan ant