csvclean: Provide machine-readable output

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli, data

Research direction

Start with the csvclean command and read issue #962 to understand the current output and automation need. Compare the proposed machine-readable columns and the alternative --autoclean behavior, then inspect how csvcut and csvsql would consume the result. Done means one clearly defined, documented behavior with coverage for its output or cleaning workflow.

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Description

csvclean feature

Trying to solve #962 automatically, but csvclean emits its output in an inconvenient format. Would it be possible to have it emit its output in a programmatically-readable format?
Eg have csvclean --machine-readable emit a table in the format

rule,affected_lines,fix_parameters

so that I could just csvcut $(csvclean --machine-readable | csvsql 'select fix_parameters...')
Alternatively, just give csvclean an --autoclean command that executes the cleaning routines it suggests.

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