[spacemanmatt]

I have ended up with MySQL and PostgreSQL on nearly every linux I've installed. It is baffling to me that someone would decline these tools in favor of text file drivers or SQLite, with the exception of using SQLite as an embedded config database or something.

[super_mario]

Yeah I also do the same, import the csv (it doesn't have to be comma separated) file into PostgreSQL and analyze it using SQL. Alternatively, I will load it into IPython/pandas and work with it like that.

This is however useful for one off, throwaway query that offers familiar SQL syntax, if you don't want to use awk that is.