xsv
Shares rank 59 of 86 privilege escalation tools by recommenders
People recommend xsv as a fast command-line tool for working through very large CSV files.
People recommend xsv as a fast command-line tool for working through very large CSV files.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Handles massive CSV files well
“It's an incredible piece of software for breaking down massive CSV files”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Ripgrep is faster than {grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt, sift}” Lets users plow through data
“I just could plow through everything using it”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Encephalitis” Long-trusted, a revelation at release
“xsv was a revelation when it came out 10 years ago”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “QSV got too busy, so Claude modernized XSV” Author's projects have a quiet sensibility
“Burntsushi projects have certain quiet sensibility that I appreciate.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife”
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See all 86 privilege escalation tools, rankedWhat people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I just could plow through everything using it”
“Burntsushi projects have certain quiet sensibility that I appreciate.”
“It's an incredible piece of software for breaking down massive CSV files”
“xsv was a revelation when it came out 10 years ago”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.