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How to change output style?

Open AdrKacz opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Is it possible to change the style of the output?

For example, with the --md flag, the SUM is as:

...
--------|--------|--------|--------|--------
SUM:|63|16.96|14.61|6227

However, I'd like to have it as:

...
**SUM:**|**63**|**16.96**|**14.61**|**6227**

I don't think it is a viable option to provide as many styles as wanted. Nonetheless, it would be great to offer a style template.

That's just an idea; feel free to tell me if it is not the place 😌 (or if the feature already exists 😇)

PS: thank you for your package. It helps me keep track easily of my codebase 🥰

AdrKacz avatar May 27 '22 16:05 AdrKacz

Regretfully I have to decline adding such an option to cloc as it would open the door to an unmanageable number of format styles.

My recommendation would be to use option like --json or --yaml to write cloc's output to a format that is easily ingested by a separate program then use that separate program to style the output.

AlDanial avatar May 27 '22 17:05 AlDanial