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Description:
Fast CSV toolkit written in Rust

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: csv data-processing rust cli toolkit

Install: brew install xsv

About:
Xsv is a command line tool written in Rust for manipulating CSV files. It provides a suite of subcommands for slicing, analyzing, and transforming data, offering performance comparable to sorting entire datasets in memory. The tool is designed to be fast, efficient, and easy to use for data processing tasks.

Key Features:

High-performance processing using Rust
Index-based operations for speed
Memory-efficient for large datasets
Simple command-line interface

Use Cases:

Analyzing large log files or datasets
Data cleaning and transformation pipelines
Quickly extracting specific rows or columns

Alternatives:

csvkit – Python-based suite offering more complex transformations but slower performance on large files
Miller (mlr) – High-performance alternative with support for multiple data formats beyond CSV

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