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[feature][cmd][request] Add column command

Open eabase opened this issue 1 week ago • 0 comments

Please consider adding the hyper useful column command.

# column --help

Usage:
 column [options] [<file>...]

Columnate lists.

Options:
 -t, --table                      create a table
 -n, --table-name <name>          table name for JSON output
 -O, --table-order <columns>      specify order of output columns
 -C, --table-column <properties>  define column
 -N, --table-columns <names>      comma separated columns names
 -l, --table-columns-limit <num>  maximal number of input columns
 -E, --table-noextreme <columns>  don't count long text from the columns to column width
 -d, --table-noheadings           don't print header
 -m, --table-maxout               fill all available space
 -e, --table-header-repeat        repeat header for each page
 -H, --table-hide <columns>       don't print the columns
 -R, --table-right <columns>      right align text in these columns
 -T, --table-truncate <columns>   truncate text in the columns when necessary
 -W, --table-wrap <columns>       wrap text in the columns when necessary
 -L, --keep-empty-lines           don't ignore empty lines
 -J, --json                       use JSON output format for table

 -r, --tree <column>              column to use tree-like output for the table
 -i, --tree-id <column>           line ID to specify child-parent relation
 -p, --tree-parent <column>       parent to specify child-parent relation

 -c, --output-width <width>       width of output in number of characters
 -o, --output-separator <string>  columns separator for table output (default is two spaces)
 -s, --separator <string>         possible table delimiters
 -x, --fillrows                   fill rows before columns

 -h, --help                       display this help
 -V, --version                    display version

For more details see column(1).

eabase avatar Dec 23 '25 02:12 eabase