VisiData

VisiData is an interactive multitool for tabular data. It combines the clarity of a spreadsheet, the efficiency of the terminal, and the power of Python, into a lightweight utility which can handle millions of rows with ease.

Useful links

• VisiData online tutorial
• 10 ways to use VisiData
• VisiData documentation
• Using VisiData to analyse HPC code performance: The ARCHER2 /Understanding Package Performance/ course uses VisiData to analyse the performance of an HPC application.

VisiData on ARCHER2

You can access VisiData on ARCHER2 by loading the visidata module:

module load visidata

Once the module has been loaded, VisiData is available via the vd command.

Visidata can also be used in scripts by saving a command log and replaying it. See the VisiData documentation on saving and restoring VisiData sessions.