Tabular data handling toolkit  


Manual page for tabo(1)(TDH)

tabo(1) - nice display of tabular data file



SYNOPSIS

tabo [options] datafile


DESCRIPTION

Display tabular data nicely. The tabo utility takes a tabular data file, makes a pass through it to measure field lengths, then displays the data so that fields (columns) are aligned. Result is written to standard output.


OPTIONS

-l

Display rulings under the first line (assumed to be a header line), and any replicated header lines.

-r

Assume that the first non-comment line in the file is a header line, and replicate it every 30 lines (preceded by a blank line). A "comment line" is any line beginning with two slashes (//).

-s spacer

Write spacer symbol (one or more characters) between fields in addition to the blank padding.

-t

Accept tab-delimited input where fields contain embedded spaces.


EXAMPLES

tabo myfile 




LIMITATIONS

tabo does not read the project config file.

tabo treats all fields in the same way, i.e. it centers them. This may look strange for numerics.


Tabular data handling toolkit 
Copyright Steve Grubb


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