The data head command print only the N first records of a data resource.
This command is useful to print content of data resource that have a big size.
To print a data resource, you can also use:
tabul data head -h
Tabul data head
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Print the first N rows of content of data resources.
By default, there is a limit of 10 on the number of rows printed
Examples
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1 - Show the first 10 records of the table `sales` from the data store `sqlite`:
tabul data head sales@sqlite
2 - Show the first 500 rows of the table `time` from the data store `postgres`:
tabul data head --limit 500 time@postgres
3 - Show the first 10 lines from the file `request.log`:
tabul data head request.log
Syntax
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tabul data head [options|flags] <data-selector...>
where:
Arguments:
<data-selector...> One or more data or script selectors
Data Definition Options:
-a,--attribute <attributeName=value> Set specific data resource attributes
Options:
--limit <value> Limit the number of rows printed (See footer)
-t,--type <mediaType|mimeType|extensionFile> The type of the resource
-vc,--virtual-column <columnName=resourceAttributeName> Add a virtual column with the value of a data resource attribute
Selection Options:
-wd,--with-dependencies If set, the dependencies will be also selected
Global Options:
-ah,--app-home <path> The app home directory (default to the .tabul.yml file directory)
-vf,--conf <path> The path to a configuration file
-ee,--exec-env <name> The execution environment (prod or dev)
-h,--help Print this help
-l,--log-level <error|warning|tip|info|fine> Set the log level
-ns,--not-strict A minor error will not stop the process.
-odu,--output-data-uri <outputDataUri> defines the output data uri for the feedback data (default: console)
-oo,--output-operation <dataOperation> defines the data operations (replace, truncate) on an existing output resource before transfer.
-oop,--output-transfer-operation <transferOperation> defines the output transfer operation (insert, update, merge, copy). Default to `copy` for a file system and `insert` for a database.
-pp,--passphrase <passphrase> A passphrase (master password) to decrypt the encrypted vault values (Env: TABUL_PASSPHRASE)
--pipe-mode Use pipe mode if you want to pipe the output in a shell. Pipe mode will not print the headers (ie column name) and will not make the control character visible
-v,--version Print version information
Footer
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Important:
We don't recommend to increase the rows limit to a very high number.
This command loads the data into memory to calculate the data layout and
render data aligned properly.
Increasing the limit will then increase the memory footprint and may cause an out-of-memory error.