to add this trick.
>
>It would be lots easier to write a smaller script which finds and chops
>the columns you like, and pipe the output to align.
>
i think you're right. that would be an easy script.
thanks again!
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>> In an earlier message, I wrote:
K> Align is a general-purpose text filter tool that helps vertically align
K> columns in string-separated tables of input text.
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:25 -0700 (PDT),
>> Tom Worster said:
T> if only it had a way to truncate fields in a column that has a
ow to modify it to add this trick. (perl for beginners.)
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the other feature i need is truncation of the rare extra-long values in
that last column.
if i knew perl...
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>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:55:07 -0700 (PDT),
>> Tom Worster said:
T> is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed
T> width font? that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and
T> pads each field in the file with a suitable amount of space?
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In the last episode (Oct 20), Tom Worster said:
> is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed
> width font?
>
> that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and pads each field
> in the file with a suitable about of space?
The "rs" command should do what you wa
is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed width
font?
that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and pads each field in
the file with a suitable about of space?
tom
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