# Quickly view your data (qv)
[
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A simply CLI to quickly view your data. Powered by [DataFusion](https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion).
## Example: View data on local filesystem
```bash
qv /mnt/datasets/nyc/green_tripdata_2020-07.csv
```
Example output:
```
+----------+----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+-------------+-------+---------+------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+----------------------+
| VendorID | lpep_pickup_datetime | lpep_dropoff_datetime | store_and_fwd_flag | RatecodeID | PULocationID | DOLocationID | passenger_count | trip_distance | fare_amount | extra | mta_tax | tip_amount | tolls_amount | ehail_fee | improvement_surcharge | total_amount | payment_type | trip_type | congestion_surcharge |
+----------+----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+-------------+-------+---------+------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+----------------------+
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:05:18 | 2020-07-01 00:22:07 | N | 1 | 134 | 35 | 2 | 6.38 | 20.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 21.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:47:06 | 2020-07-01 00:52:13 | N | 1 | 41 | 42 | 1 | 1.06 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.46 | 0 | | 0.3 | 8.76 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:24:59 | 2020-07-01 00:35:18 | N | 1 | 42 | 159 | 1 | 2.1 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 10.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:55:12 | 2020-07-01 00:58:45 | N | 1 | 116 | 116 | 1 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 6.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:12:36 | 2020-07-01 00:20:14 | N | 1 | 43 | 141 | 1 | 1.84 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 12.05 | 2 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:30:55 | 2020-07-01 00:37:05 | N | 5 | 74 | 262 | 1 | 2.04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 30.05 | 2 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:13:00 | 2020-07-01 00:19:09 | N | 1 | 159 | 119 | 1 | 1.35 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 7.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:39:09 | 2020-07-01 00:40:55 | N | 1 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 0.35 | -3.5 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | | -0.3 | -4.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:39:09 | 2020-07-01 00:40:55 | N | 1 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 0.35 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2020-07-01 00:45:59 | 2020-07-01 01:01:02 | N | 1 | 75 | 87 | 1 | 8.17 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.21 | 0 | | 0.3 | 32.26 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 |
+----------+----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------+-------------+-------+---------+------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+----------------------+
```
For more examples consult our [Usage examples](Usage.md).
## Features
* View file (and directories of files) contents
* Run SQL against files
* View file schemas
* Supported formats:
- [Deltalake](https://delta.io/)
- [Parquet](https://parquet.apache.org/)
- [Avro](https://avro.apache.org/)
- [CSV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values)
- [NDJSON](http://ndjson.org/)
* Supported storage sytems:
- local file system
- [S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) (+ https links from AWS S3 console)
- [GCS](https://cloud.google.com/storage)
## Installation
Read the [Installation instructions](Installation.md).
## Development
Read the [Development instructions](Development.md).