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Nebby is a command-line tool designed to quickly review basic information about a range of different file formats. It provides various commands to interact with Excel, JSON, and CSV files - with more to come!

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Nebby 🤥

Nebby is a command-line tool designed to quickly review basic information about a range of different file formats.

It provides various commands to interact with Excel, JSON, and CSV files - with more to come!

Features

  • Excel File Handling: Display basic information, check formatting, and quick view essential info.
  • CSV Support: Basic CSV sniff feature.
  • JSON Handling: Experimental basic API request feature - see how nested an json response is.
  • File Byte Inspection: Examine the bytes of any file - useful for getting info on file signatures.
  • Flexible Command Interface: Easily extendable with new commands.

Installation

To install Nebby, use the provided nebbybuild script. This script will build and install the binary for you:

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone git@github.com:enmeshed-analytics/duckdb-postgis.git
    cd nebby
    
  2. Give execute permission to the build script:

    chmod +x nebbybuild
    
  3. Run the build script:

    ./nebbybuild
    

This script will build the project in release mode and install the nebb binary to /usr/local/bin/, making it accessible from anywhere on your system.

You need cargo/rust installed to be able to use this build script.

Usage

Run Nebby from the command line to access its features:

nebb <COMMAND> <URL>

Commands

  • basic-xl: Display basic information about an Excel file.
  • format-xl: Check formatting of an Excel file.
  • quick-view-xl: Quick view of an Excel file.
  • basic-idx-xl: Experimental feature to display basic information with a specified header index.
  • basic-json: Experimental basic API request feature.
  • nibble: Check bytes of any file.
  • basic-csv: Basic CSV feature.
  • help: Print help message or the help of the given subcommand(s).

Options

  • -h, --help: Print help information.
  • -V, --version: Print version information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Dependencies

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