table for viewers

Signature

> table {flags}

Flags

• --theme, -t {string}: Set a table mode/theme.
• --index, -i {any}: Enable (true) or disable (false) the #/index column or set the starting index.
• --width, -w {int}: Number of terminal columns wide (not output columns).
• --expand, -e: Expand the table structure in a light mode.
• --expand-deep, -d {int}: An expand limit of recursion which will take place, must be used with --expand.
• --flatten: Flatten simple arrays.
• --flatten-separator {string}: Sets a separator when 'flatten' is used.
• --collapse, -c: Expand the table structure in collapse mode. Be aware collapse mode currently doesn't support width control.
• --abbreviated, -a {int}: Abbreviate the data in the table by truncating the middle part and only showing amount provided on top and bottom.
• --list, -l: List available table modes/themes.
• --icons, -o: Add icons to file paths in tables.

Input/output types:

Examples

List the files in current directory, with indexes starting from 1

> ls | table --index 1

Render data in table view

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | table
╭───┬───┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │
├───┼───┼───┤
│ 0 │ 1 │ 2 │
│ 1 │ 3 │ 4 │
╰───┴───┴───╯

Render data in table view (expanded)

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table --expand
╭───┬───┬───────────╮
│ # │ a │     b     │
├───┼───┼───────────┤
│ 0 │ 1 │         2 │
│ 1 │ 3 │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│   │   │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│   │   │ │ 1 │ 4 │ │
│   │   │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───┴───┴───────────╯

Render data in table view (collapsed)

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table --collapse
╭───┬───┬───────────╮
│ # │ a │     b     │
├───┼───┼───────────┤
│ 0 │ 1 │         2 │
│ 1 │ 3 │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│   │   │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│   │   │ │ 1 │ 4 │ │
│   │   │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───┴───┴───────────╯

Change the table theme to the specified theme for a single run

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table --theme basic

Force showing of the #/index column for a single run

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table -i true

Set the starting number of the #/index column to 100 for a single run

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table -i 100

Force hiding of the #/index column for a single run

> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 [4 4]]] | table -i false

Notes

If the table contains a column called 'index', this column is used as the table index instead of the usual continuous index.