Re: New coreutil suggestion - tableize

2012-01-07 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 11/27/2011 05:30 PM, Guillaume Kielwasser wrote: > Thanks Pádraig for your instructive input! > >> Hmm, I wonder would it be worth augmenting `column -t` from util-linux >> to add a --border option and also detect number cols and auto right align? >> I guess a --header option would be useful to

Re: New coreutil suggestion - tableize

2011-11-27 Thread Guillaume Kielwasser
Thanks Pádraig for your instructive input! > Hmm, I wonder would it be worth augmenting `column -t` from util-linux > to add a --border option and also detect number cols and auto right align? > I guess a --header option would be useful too. I have to admit I missed the '-t' option of column over

Re: New coreutil suggestion - tableize

2011-11-26 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 11/26/2011 01:23 PM, Guillaume Kielwasser wrote: > tableize is a small text utility that prints a table > from a formatted file or standard input. Example: > > $ cut -d':' -f1,3-6 /etc/passwd | head | tableize -sd':' > ++---+---++-+ > | root | 0 | 0 | r

New coreutil suggestion - tableize

2011-11-26 Thread Guillaume Kielwasser
tableize is a small text utility that prints a table from a formatted file or standard input. Example: $ cut -d':' -f1,3-6 /etc/passwd | head | tableize -sd':' ++---+---++-+ | root | 0 | 0 | root | /root | | daemon | 1 | 1 | daemon | /usr/s