A resource attribute is a attribute for a data resources.
They may be:
You can see this attributes with the tabul data info command
tabul data info characters.csv@howto
Information about the data resource (characters.csv@howto)
attribute value description
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARACTER_SET UTF-8 The character set of the file
COLUMN_NAME lines The name of the column when the text content is returned on one column
COMMENT_CHARACTER # The comment character
DELIMITER_CHARACTER , The delimiter character
END_OF_RECORD \n, \r, \r\n The End Of Record string sequence
ESCAPE_CHARACTER The escape character
HEADER_ROW_ID 1 The id of the header row
IGNORE_EMPTY_LINE true Ignore empty line
QUOTE_CHARACTER " The quote character
URI file:///opt/tabulify/resources/howto/characters.csv The URI of the file
ABSOLUTE_PATH /opt/tabulify/resources/howto/characters.csv The absolute path on the data system
ACCESS_TIME 2025-11-10 15:34:45.519261734 The access time (access time)
COMMENT A comment
CONNECTION howto The connection name
COUNT 5 The number of records
CREATION_TIME 2025-11-10 15:34:41.449090141 The creation time (birth time)
DATA_URI characters.csv@howto The data uri
KIND csv The kind of media
LOGICAL_NAME characters The logical name
MD5 d0d7f020d834cde13d0a14733520d4d6 The Md5 hash
MEDIA_SUBTYPE csv The media subType
MEDIA_TYPE text/csv The media type
NAME characters.csv The name of the data resource
PARENT The parent
PATH characters.csv The relative path to the default connection path
SHA384 6e96667d1306abb445b5608ec36d193a6dc775a6adc74844531906bf4691eee5f32ce7c423e38c9c072692f459c57d5f The Sha384 hash
SHA384_INTEGRITY sha384-bpZmfRMGq7RFtWCOw20ZOm3Hdaatx0hEUxkGv0aR7uXzLOfEI+OMnAcmkvRZxX1f The sha384 value used in the html integrity attribute
SIZE 432 The number of byte
TABULAR_TYPE data The tabular type
UPDATE_TIME 2025-11-10 15:34:41.449090141 The last update time (modify time)
You can get them in a tabular format with the tabul data list command
tabul data list -a count -a size *@howto
path media_type count size
------------------------- --------------- ----- ----
archive inode/directory 2
books--data-def.yml text/yaml 1 285
books-semicolon.csv text/csv 6 385
books.csv text/csv 6 386
books_template.json text/json 1 112
characters.csv text/csv 5 432
command inode/directory 6
create_foo.sql text/sql 2 70
create_view_foo.sql text/sql 1 32
dataset inode/directory 1
diff inode/directory 2
email inode/directory 2
generator inode/directory 7
json inode/directory 1
mysql inode/directory 2
oracle inode/directory 3
pebble inode/directory 2
pipeline inode/directory 8
postgres inode/directory 15
README.md text/plain 3 132
recursive inode/directory 1
select.yml text/yaml 1 332
sql_query_ddl_country.sql text/sql 8 559
sqlite inode/directory 4
sqlserver inode/directory 3
warehouse_delete.csv text/csv 1 17
warehouse_delete.sql text/sql 1 65
warehouse_original.csv text/csv 1 301
warehouse_update.sql text/sql 1 230
warehouse_upsert.csv text/csv 2 420
xml inode/directory 1
yaml inode/directory 1
You can set the attributes via:
You can add the data resource attribute as extra-column via the virtual columns.
Common attributes are attributes that you will find on every data resources.
The following attributes are common:
Note:
Specific attributes are attributes that are available only for specific type of data resource.
For instance, for a text file, you would have its character-set.