Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:24:38 -0400 (EDT) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Display TSV files with columns aligned Message-ID: <20091022012438.9C74CBE77@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <26002100.post@talk.nabble.com> (message from Tom Worster on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:25 -0700 (PDT))
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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 <fsb@thefsb.org> said: T> if only it had a way to truncate fields in a column that has a few T> really long strings in it. thanks for pointing me to it. i'll see if i T> can't figure out the script and how to modify it 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. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. --Mark Russell
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