Create libsvm from multiple csv files for xgboost external memory training












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I am trying to train an xgboost model using its external memory version, which takes a libsvm file as training set. Right now, all the data is stored in a bunch of csv files which combine together are way larger than the memory I have, say 70G.(you can easily read any one of them). I just wonder how to create one large libsvm file for xgboost. Or if there is any other work round for this. Thank you.










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    I am trying to train an xgboost model using its external memory version, which takes a libsvm file as training set. Right now, all the data is stored in a bunch of csv files which combine together are way larger than the memory I have, say 70G.(you can easily read any one of them). I just wonder how to create one large libsvm file for xgboost. Or if there is any other work round for this. Thank you.










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      I am trying to train an xgboost model using its external memory version, which takes a libsvm file as training set. Right now, all the data is stored in a bunch of csv files which combine together are way larger than the memory I have, say 70G.(you can easily read any one of them). I just wonder how to create one large libsvm file for xgboost. Or if there is any other work round for this. Thank you.










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      I am trying to train an xgboost model using its external memory version, which takes a libsvm file as training set. Right now, all the data is stored in a bunch of csv files which combine together are way larger than the memory I have, say 70G.(you can easily read any one of them). I just wonder how to create one large libsvm file for xgboost. Or if there is any other work round for this. Thank you.







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          If you csv files do not have headers you can combine them with the Unix cat command.



          Example:



          > ls
          file1.csv file2.csv
          > cat *.csv > combined.csv


          Now combined.csv is the concatenation of all the other files.



          If all your csv files have headers you''ll want to do something trickier, like take the n-1 lines with tail.



          XGBoost supports csv as an input.



          If you want to convert that to libsvm regardless, you can use phraug's scripts.






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          • Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
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            Nov 25 at 0:43











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          If you csv files do not have headers you can combine them with the Unix cat command.



          Example:



          > ls
          file1.csv file2.csv
          > cat *.csv > combined.csv


          Now combined.csv is the concatenation of all the other files.



          If all your csv files have headers you''ll want to do something trickier, like take the n-1 lines with tail.



          XGBoost supports csv as an input.



          If you want to convert that to libsvm regardless, you can use phraug's scripts.






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          • Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
            – Eric He
            Nov 25 at 0:43
















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          If you csv files do not have headers you can combine them with the Unix cat command.



          Example:



          > ls
          file1.csv file2.csv
          > cat *.csv > combined.csv


          Now combined.csv is the concatenation of all the other files.



          If all your csv files have headers you''ll want to do something trickier, like take the n-1 lines with tail.



          XGBoost supports csv as an input.



          If you want to convert that to libsvm regardless, you can use phraug's scripts.






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          • Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
            – Eric He
            Nov 25 at 0:43














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          If you csv files do not have headers you can combine them with the Unix cat command.



          Example:



          > ls
          file1.csv file2.csv
          > cat *.csv > combined.csv


          Now combined.csv is the concatenation of all the other files.



          If all your csv files have headers you''ll want to do something trickier, like take the n-1 lines with tail.



          XGBoost supports csv as an input.



          If you want to convert that to libsvm regardless, you can use phraug's scripts.






          share|improve this answer












          If you csv files do not have headers you can combine them with the Unix cat command.



          Example:



          > ls
          file1.csv file2.csv
          > cat *.csv > combined.csv


          Now combined.csv is the concatenation of all the other files.



          If all your csv files have headers you''ll want to do something trickier, like take the n-1 lines with tail.



          XGBoost supports csv as an input.



          If you want to convert that to libsvm regardless, you can use phraug's scripts.







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          • Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
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          • Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
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          Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
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          Thanks for the answer, my understand is that libsvm is also a text file. Can I do the same cat thing on a bunch of libsvm files?
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          Nov 25 at 0:43


















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