Columnate

Created by: Rick Esterling

This script/library is designed to prettify columnar data for easier readability.

Installation:

1. Clone this repo
2. Move columnate to your bin path ~/bin or /usr/local/bin/ or wherever you want
3. Move the directory rae/ to your python library path - This could be /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ or something like that
4. Update your python path to include this library directory if it's not already included by putting this in your .bashrc file - export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH

usage: columnate [OPTION]... [FILE]...

positional arguments: FILE Filename to read; default=STDIN

optional arguments:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-v, --version show program's version number and exit

-a, --ascii ASCII (non-Unicode) table

-b 1-5,10-15,..., --bytes 1-5,10-15,...

-c 1,3+5,6-9,..., --columns 1,3+5,6-9,...

--header H1,H2,... column headers

-i, --ignore ignore parsing errors; see -p

-n, --no-borders no ConsoleTable borders; see --pad

-p, --partial add partial rows that did not parse; implies -i

--pad PAD pad character(s) for -n; default=' '

--properties PROP=VAL1[:[:]VAL2],...

-s PATTERN, --separator PATTERN

-t TITLE, --title TITLE

-w, --whitespace strip leading and trailing whitespace from column data

-x 2,4,..., --exclude 2,4,...

Options -b, -c, and -x are mutually exclusive.

See opening code comments for '--properties' examples.