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Miller v5.0.0: Autodetected line-endings, in-place mode, user-defined functions

55 points by john_kerl 10y ago

jordanthoms 10y ago
This is great - Now I just need to somehow remember this program when I next have a need for it...
- seanp2k2 10y ago
  Same. If they had called it something stupid like greptar, awkerator, or CHUCK NORRIS'S CSVIVIFIER I might actually be able to recall the name.
  - john_kerl 10y ago
    http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/etymology.html http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/etymolo..., if that helps ;)
IanCal 10y ago
I had no idea what this was and the release notes don't make it obvious, so from the main github page: > Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc https://github.com/johnkerl/miller https://github.com/johnkerl/miller
vr46 10y ago
Well, TIL that there's an awesome new tool I need immediately :)
Royalaid 10y ago
How does this compare with similar tools like jq? I see CSV is a data input option.
- john_kerl 10y ago
  More here http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/why.html http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/why.htm... but TL;DR is Miller handles several different file formats; jq is for JSON.
skanga 10y ago
Wow - looks brilliant. I'll have to try it. I've always wanted awk with a native understanding of csv, tsv, json, etc. Does it have a binary for Windows?
- john_kerl 10y ago
  Not yet but it is a work in progress (the next to-do after the 5.0.0 release)
  - skanga 10y ago
    Thanks. I'll try it on Linux in the meanwhile. PS. The doc is really great but very hard to read - I think it's that background you're using.
    - john_kerl 10y ago
      thanks!
      - john_kerl 10y ago
        i very much like the background artistically, and it's unobtrusive for me, but it seems that on different monitors / browsers it's less so. in any case, the background is now white. thanks for the feedback!
        skanga 10y ago
        Thanks. For me, that's a vast improvement.
- skanga 10y ago
  /home/skanga/mlr.linux.x86_64: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /home/skanga/mlr.linux.x86_64) It would be useful to allow downloads of a binary that is compiled without any dependencies.
john_kerl 10y ago
regarding binaries -- at https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases/tag/v5.0.0 https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases/tag/v5.0.0 there are now macosx, linux i686 static, and linux x86_64 static binaries

55 points by john_kerl 10y ago

jordanthoms 10y ago

This is great - Now I just need to somehow remember this program when I next have a need for it...

seanp2k2 10y ago
Same. If they had called it something stupid like greptar, awkerator, or CHUCK NORRIS'S CSVIVIFIER I might actually be able to recall the name.
- john_kerl 10y ago
  http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/etymology.html http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/etymolo..., if that helps ;)

IanCal 10y ago

I had no idea what this was and the release notes don't make it obvious, so from the main github page: > Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc https://github.com/johnkerl/miller https://github.com/johnkerl/miller

vr46 10y ago

Well, TIL that there's an awesome new tool I need immediately :)

Royalaid 10y ago

How does this compare with similar tools like jq? I see CSV is a data input option.

john_kerl 10y ago
More here http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/why.html http://johnkerl.org/miller-releases/miller-5.0.0/doc/why.htm... but TL;DR is Miller handles several different file formats; jq is for JSON.

skanga 10y ago

Wow - looks brilliant. I'll have to try it. I've always wanted awk with a native understanding of csv, tsv, json, etc. Does it have a binary for Windows?

john_kerl 10y ago
Not yet but it is a work in progress (the next to-do after the 5.0.0 release)
- skanga 10y ago
  Thanks. I'll try it on Linux in the meanwhile. PS. The doc is really great but very hard to read - I think it's that background you're using.
  - john_kerl 10y ago
    thanks!
    - john_kerl 10y ago
      i very much like the background artistically, and it's unobtrusive for me, but it seems that on different monitors / browsers it's less so. in any case, the background is now white. thanks for the feedback!
      - skanga 10y ago
        Thanks. For me, that's a vast improvement.
skanga 10y ago
/home/skanga/mlr.linux.x86_64: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /home/skanga/mlr.linux.x86_64) It would be useful to allow downloads of a binary that is compiled without any dependencies.

john_kerl 10y ago

regarding binaries -- at https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases/tag/v5.0.0 https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases/tag/v5.0.0 there are now macosx, linux i686 static, and linux x86_64 static binaries