{"categories":[{"label":"Text Processing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Parses and writes tabular data in Linear TSV format, a line-oriented tab-separated format where newlines and tabs in field values are escaped, enabling reliable processing with standard Unix line tools.","skillfed_tags":["data-serialization","legacy-unmaintained"],"use_cases":["Process tabular data with Unix shell tools (sort, grep, cut) without parsing complications from quoted newlines in CSV","Migrate data from PostgreSQL or MySQL TEXT output mode while preserving the native escape format","Build data pipelines where line-oriented processing is essential and record boundaries must never be ambiguous","Replace CSV in locales where comma is the decimal separator, using tab as an unambiguous field delimiter"],"what_it_does":"Linear TSV is a Python library for reading and writing tabular data in the Linear TSV format, a line-oriented, tab-separated serialization designed to be compatible with Unix command-line tools like sort, fgrep, and cut. Unlike CSV, where newlines are quoted and records can span multiple physical lines, Linear TSV uses escape sequences (\\n for newline, \\t for tab, \\r for carriage return, \\\\ for backslash) to ensure every logical record is exactly one physical line, making naive byte-level splitting on tab (0x09) and newline (0x0a) characters reliable.\n\nThe package provides both simple functional APIs (un() to parse, to() to write) and CSV-compatible reader/writer/DictReader/DictWriter classes for drop-in compatibility with existing CSV workflows. It derives its format specification from the TEXT serialization mode of PostgreSQL and MySQL. However, the package has been abandoned since January 2018 and is only tested against Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.5, making it a poor choice for new projects unless you have a specific requirement for the Linear TSV format or are maintaining legacy code.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned, last released in 2018, and only tested on Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.5. Install only if you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it or if you have a strict requirement for the Linear TSV format and cannot use a maintained alternative. For new projects, prefer a maintained TSV or CSV library."},"id":"linear-tsv","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/linear-tsv","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/linear-tsv.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/linear-tsv/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2018-01-20","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"linear-tsv","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Line-oriented, tab-separated value format"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":249872,"position":8644,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.1.0"}