Install Tabiew on Ubuntu 24.04

Tabiew is a command line tool for viewing and querying tabular data files, such as CSV, Parquet, Excel, and more. It provides an intuitive terminal interface, making data exploration fast and efficient right from the command line. This tutorial demonstrates how to install Tabiew on Ubuntu 24.04.

Install Tabiew

Download the executable to the /usr/local/bin directory:

sudo wget -qO /usr/local/bin/tw https://github.com/shshemi/tabiew/releases/latest/download/tw-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Set execute permission for file:

sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/tw

Execute the following command to verify the Tabiew version:

tw --version

Testing Tabiew

Create simple CSV file:

echo -e 'name,age\nJohn,25\nJames,29\nOliver,35\nEmma,31' > test.csv

Then, launch Tabiew with the test file to explore the data interactively:

tw test.csv

To quit Tabiew, simply press the q key.

Uninstall Tabiew

To remove Tabiew, delete its corresponding file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/tw