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ov can also be used as a csv viewer.

ov -H1 -C -d',' -c --column-rainbow MOCK_DATA.csv

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v0.37.0 added the --align option to align columns.

ov -H1 -C -d',' -c --column-rainbow --align=right MOCK_DATA.csv

No alignment

No alignment No alignment

Alignment (align)

Alignment Alignment

Alignment (align) without wrap

Alignment without wrap Alignment without wrap

Column shrink

You can also shrink columns by enabling alignment. Column shrink can be toggled by pressing the s key (default) when selecting a column.

Column shrink Column shrink