import time import sys import pandas as pd start = time.time() path = sys.argv[1] df = pd.read_csv(path, low_memory=False) print('parsed csv file with {:,} rows in {:.1f}sec using pd.read_csv (pandas version = {})'.format(len(df), time.time()-start, pd.__version__)) print() print(df.info()) print() print(df.head())