print_index
Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 11 January 2009
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NAME
print_index - print a standard column index
SYNOPSIS
WA2LWinTools/lib/print_index
[
-h
]
print_index
[
"field separator"
[
indent
[
columns
]]]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/WinTools
DESCRIPTION
print a standard report column index to the terminal.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- "field separator"
-
field separator of the input data given via
stdin
. If not specified, the field separator defaults to the
semicolon (
;
).
- indent
-
left indent of the output in characters. If not specified
the output is not indented.
- columns
-
number of columns of the column index output. If not specified
a default of
2
applies.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 4
-
usage displayed.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
- 1) print a column index
-
type index.csv
ZIP;Postal Zip Code
CITY;Name of the City
STATE;State
CNT;Country Shortcut
COUNTRY; Country Full Name
type index.csv | print_index
Result of this script:
COLUMN INDEX:
ZIP ....... Postal Zip Code CNT ....... Country Shortcut
CITY ...... Name of the City COUNTRY ... Country Full Name
STATE ..... State
SEE ALSO
wintoolsintro(1),
indent(3),
print_header(3),
print_list(3),
select_columns(3)
NOTES
The four commands
print_index(3)
,
select_columns(3)
,
print_index(3)
and
print_index(3)
provide the functionality to efficiently produce
ASCII reports having an identical look.
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
print_index was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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