[aklug] Viewing CSV/TSV files in 'less' using 'column'

Just sharing.

I somehow missed using the program 'columns' until now. I've always
needed a good way of showing data on the console in fixed with columns
using a delimiter.

'cat file.csv | column -s, -t | less -N -S'

Lovely
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Received on Fri Dec 3 12:11:13 2010