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File scanning

metacrafter scan file detects format from the file extension, including compression suffixes such as .csv.gz. See Formats for the full list.

CSV / TSV​

metacrafter scan file somefile.csv --format short

metacrafter scan file somefile.csv \
  --format short \
  --encoding windows-1251 \
  --delimiter ';'

metacrafter scan file data.tsv \
  --delimiter '\t' \
  --format full \
  -o results.json

JSON and JSONL​

metacrafter scan file data.json \
  --format full \
  --output-format json \
  -o results.json

metacrafter scan file somefile.jsonl \
  --format full \
  --output-format json \
  --stdout \
  --pretty

Binary formats​

metacrafter scan file data.parquet --format full --output-format json -o parquet_results.json
metacrafter scan file spreadsheet.xlsx --format full --limit 500 -o excel_results.json
metacrafter scan file data.bson --format full --output-format json -o bson_results.json

Compressed files​

metacrafter scan file data.csv.gz --format full -o results.json

metacrafter scan file data.jsonl.bz2 \
  --compression bz2 \
  --format full \
  -o results.json

metacrafter scan file archive.zip \
  --compression zip \
  --format full \
  -o results.json

XML​

metacrafter scan file data.xml \
  --tagname "record" \
  --format full \
  -o xml_results.json

Statistics only​

metacrafter scan file somefile.csv \
  --stats-only \
  --output-format json \
  -o somefile_stats.json