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parqeye is a command line Parquet file viewer published by Kaushik Srinivasan, currently available at version 0.1.0, with a total of two versions released to date. Its purpose is to give users a way to inspect Apache Parquet files directly from the terminal, without requiring a separate desktop application, database system, or full data-processing environment. Using parqeye, users can peek inside a Parquet file's data, metadata, and schema right from the command line, which makes it a practical utility for anyone who regularly works with columnar storage formats and needs quick visibility into a file's structure and contents. The software falls into the developer tools and data utilities category, specifically among command line tools designed for data inspection and file exploration. Typical use cases include checking a Parquet file's schema before loading it into an analytics pipeline, verifying the metadata of files produced by data engineering jobs, previewing stored records during debugging or data validation work, and generally exploring datasets in environments where only a terminal is available, such as remote servers, containers, or continuous integration systems. Because Parquet is widely used across data lakes, warehouses, and big data frameworks, a lightweight viewer of this kind can fit naturally into the daily workflows of data engineers, analysts, and software developers who need to confirm what a file contains without spinning up heavier tooling. The tool is distributed as a command line application, so it is invoked directly from the shell and returns information about the target file in the terminal window. With two versions published and the current release at 0.1.0, parqeye represents an early-stage project in its release history, and users tracking the tool can follow subsequent releases from the publisher as development continues. Its focused scope—data, metadata, and schema viewing for Parquet files—defines it as a single-purpose inspection utility rather than a broader data manipulation suite.
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