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Update README, CLI reference, and developer guide to cover delimiter selector, inline checkboxes/dropdowns, live surviving rows preview, multi-row survivors, and apply_review_decisions(). Remove dead link. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# DataTools Deduplicator
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Find and remove duplicate rows in CSV, delimited text, and Excel files — with fuzzy matching, smart normalization, and interactive review.
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## Features
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- **Zero-config start** — auto-detects encoding, delimiters, headers, and match columns
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- **Fuzzy matching** — Jaro-Winkler, Levenshtein, and token set ratio algorithms
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- **5 built-in normalizers** — email (Gmail dot/plus), phone (E.164), name (titles/suffixes), address (USPS), string (whitespace/case)
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- **Merge mode** — fill missing fields in the surviving row from removed duplicates
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- **4 survivor rules** — keep first, last, most complete, or most recent row per group
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- **Interactive review** — inspect match groups with inline checkboxes and column dropdowns, cherry-pick values, preview surviving rows live
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- **Config profiles** — save and reload your settings as JSON for repeatable runs
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- **Dual interface** — full CLI for automation, Streamlit GUI for visual review
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- **Dry-run by default** — preview what would change before writing anything
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- **Audit trail** — every run produces a match groups report and timestamped log
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## Quick Start
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### Install
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```bash
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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### CLI
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```bash
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# Preview duplicates (dry run — no files written)
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python -m src.cli customers.csv
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# Remove duplicates and save the result
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python -m src.cli customers.csv --apply
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# Fuzzy-match names at 80% similarity, merge missing fields
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python -m src.cli customers.csv --fuzzy name --threshold 80 --merge --apply
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# Interactively review each match group
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python -m src.cli customers.csv --review --apply
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```
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### GUI
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```bash
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streamlit run src/gui/app.py
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```
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Upload a file, click **Find Duplicates**, review match groups side-by-side, then download the cleaned result.
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## CLI Usage Summary
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```
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python -m src.cli INPUT_FILE [OPTIONS]
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Options:
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--apply Write output files (default: preview only)
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--output, -o PATH Output file path
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--subset, -s COLS Columns to match on (comma-separated)
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--key, -k COLS Strong-key columns for exact matching
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--fuzzy COLS Columns to fuzzy-match
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--algorithm, -a ALG levenshtein | jaro_winkler | token_set_ratio
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--threshold, -t N Similarity threshold 0-100 (default: 85)
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--normalize COL:TYPE Per-column normalizers (e.g., email:email,phone:phone)
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--survivor RULE first | last | most-complete | most-recent
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--merge Fill missing fields from removed duplicates
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--review Interactively review each match group
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--config PATH Load settings from a JSON config file
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--save-config PATH Save current settings to JSON
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--sheet NAME Excel sheet name or 0-based index
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--encoding ENC Override auto-detected encoding
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--header-row N 0-based header row index
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--help Show full help
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```
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## Sample Output
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```
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$ python -m src.cli samples/messy_sales.csv
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Reading messy_sales.csv...
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50 rows, 8 columns
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Finding duplicates...
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──────────────────────────────────────────────────
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File: messy_sales.csv
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Rows in: 50
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Rows out: 28
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Removed: 22
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Groups: 22
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──────────────────────────────────────────────────
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Match groups:
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Group 1: rows [1, 2] → keep row 1 (confidence: 100.0%, matched on: email)
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Group 2: rows [3, 4] → keep row 3 (confidence: 92.3%, matched on: name, phone)
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...
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This was a preview. Add --apply to write the output files.
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```
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## Output Files
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When `--apply` is used, three files are produced:
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| File | Contents |
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| `{input}_deduplicated.csv` | Cleaned data with duplicates removed |
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| `{input}_removed.csv` | Rows that were removed |
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| `{input}_match_groups.csv` | Audit trail: group ID, confidence, matched columns, survivor flag |
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## Documentation
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- [CLI Reference](docs/CLI-REFERENCE.md) — every flag with examples and recipe sections
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- [Developer Guide](docs/DEVELOPER.md) — architecture, data flow, how to extend
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## Requirements
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- Python 3.10+
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- Dependencies: pandas, openpyxl, rapidfuzz, typer, phonenumbers, loguru, tqdm, charset-normalizer
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## License
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Proprietary. All rights reserved.
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