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| 1 | +# 📃 PyColumnizer |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Classic UNIX-style real-time text formatter with unicode and pipe support |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +> This program allows you to format one / multiple files or piped stream in the format of classic UNIX docs, |
| 6 | +> splitting them into columns, adding line numbers, header, etc. Formatting is done line by line in real time |
| 7 | +> (i.e., the output of the program can also be piped to another program) |
| 8 | +> In fact, this is an improved version of the "pr" command with Unicode support |
| 9 | +
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| 10 | +---------- |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## 🏗️ Get started |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +### Install using pip |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +```shell |
| 17 | +pip install git+https://github.com/F33RNI/PyColumnizer.git |
| 18 | +columnizer -h |
| 19 | +``` |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +### Build using PyInstaller |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +```shell |
| 24 | +pip install pyinstaller |
| 25 | +pyinstaller main.spec |
| 26 | +./dist/columnizer -h |
| 27 | +``` |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### Run as python script |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +```shell |
| 32 | +python main.py -h |
| 33 | +``` |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +---------- |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## 📃 Usage |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +```text |
| 40 | +usage: columnizer [-h] [-c COLUMNS] [-w WIDTH] [-p PAGE_SIZE] [-t TITLE] [-s SEPARATOR] [-j] [-a] [-d DATE] |
| 41 | + [--date-format DATE_FORMAT] [--first-line-number FIRST_LINE_NUMBER] |
| 42 | + [--first-page-number FIRST_PAGE_NUMBER] [--lines-before-header LINES_BEFORE_HEADER] |
| 43 | + [--lines-after-header LINES_AFTER_HEADER] [--lines-after-page LINES_AFTER_PAGE] |
| 44 | + [--line-number-placeholder LINE_NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER] |
| 45 | + [--page-number-placeholder PAGE_NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER] [--no-line-numbers] [--no-page-numbers] |
| 46 | + [--no-date] [--no-header] [--skip-empty-lines] [--single-page] [-v] |
| 47 | + [FILE ...] |
| 48 | +
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| 49 | +classic UNIX-style real-time text formatter with unicode and pipe support |
| 50 | +
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| 51 | +positional arguments: |
| 52 | + FILE files to read, if empty, stdin is used |
| 53 | +
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| 54 | +options: |
| 55 | + -h, --help show this help message and exit |
| 56 | + -c COLUMNS, --columns COLUMNS |
| 57 | + Number of columns (default: 2) |
| 58 | + -w WIDTH, --width WIDTH |
| 59 | + total width of each line (default: 80) |
| 60 | + -p PAGE_SIZE, --page-size PAGE_SIZE |
| 61 | + total lines per page (including header and lines-after-page) (default: 68) |
| 62 | + -t TITLE, --title TITLE |
| 63 | + text title |
| 64 | + -s SEPARATOR, --separator SEPARATOR |
| 65 | + column separator (default: 4 whitespaces) |
| 66 | + -j, --justify justify each line in each column |
| 67 | + -a, --across print columns across rather than down |
| 68 | + -d DATE, --date DATE title date in YYYY-MM-DD:HH:mm format (default: current date) |
| 69 | + --date-format DATE_FORMAT |
| 70 | + title date format (default: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M) |
| 71 | + --first-line-number FIRST_LINE_NUMBER |
| 72 | + counter at first line (default: 1) |
| 73 | + --first-page-number FIRST_PAGE_NUMBER |
| 74 | + counter at first page (default: 1) |
| 75 | + --lines-before-header LINES_BEFORE_HEADER |
| 76 | + number of empty lines before header (default: 2) |
| 77 | + --lines-after-header LINES_AFTER_HEADER |
| 78 | + number of empty lines after header (default: 2) |
| 79 | + --lines-after-page LINES_AFTER_PAGE |
| 80 | + number of empty lines between pages (default: 5) |
| 81 | + --line-number-placeholder LINE_NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER |
| 82 | + Placeholder for line number (default: "{line:>5} ") |
| 83 | + --page-number-placeholder PAGE_NUMBER_PLACEHOLDER |
| 84 | + Placeholder for page number (default: "Page: {page}") |
| 85 | + --no-line-numbers turn off line numbering |
| 86 | + --no-page-numbers turn off page numbering |
| 87 | + --no-date turn off date in header |
| 88 | + --no-header turn off entire header |
| 89 | + --skip-empty-lines ignore empty lines |
| 90 | + --single-page turn off page separation |
| 91 | + -v, --version show program's version number and exit |
| 92 | +``` |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +---------- |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +## 📝 Examples |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +> You can download example text from this repo. See `text.txt` file |
| 99 | +
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| 100 | +### Basic example (2 columns, custom page size, title) |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +```shell |
| 103 | +columnizer -c 2 -p 30 -t "Example text" text.txt > output.txt |
| 104 | +``` |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +> If you want to get output in console instead of a file, remove `> output.txt` |
| 107 | +> |
| 108 | +> You can specify multiple input files. For that use `text.txt text2.txt path/to/text3.txt` instead of `text.txt` |
| 109 | +
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| 110 | +<details> |
| 111 | +<summary>output.txt</summary> |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +```text |
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| 116 | +2024-01-17 12:45 Example text Page: 1 |
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| 119 | + 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 21 urna condimentum mattis |
| 120 | + 2 consectetur adipiscing elit, 22 pellentesque id. Et malesuada |
| 121 | + 3 sed do eiusmod tempor 23 fames ac turpis egestas sed |
| 122 | + 4 incididunt ut labore et dolore 24 tempus urna et. |
| 123 | + 5 magna aliqua. Ut placerat orci 25 |
| 124 | + 6 nulla pellentesque dignissim 26 Enim praesent elementum |
| 125 | + 7 enim. Feugiat pretium nibh 27 facilisis leo. Porttitor lacus |
| 126 | + 8 ipsum consequat nisl vel 28 luctus accumsan tortor |
| 127 | + 9 pretium. Parturient montes 29 posuere. Ornare arcu odio ut |
| 128 | + 10 nascetur ridiculus mus mauris 30 sem nulla pharetra. Porta |
| 129 | + 11 vitae ultricies leo integer. 31 lorem mollis aliquam ut |
| 130 | + 12 Non diam phasellus vestibulum 32 porttitor. Libero volutpat sed |
| 131 | + 13 lorem sed. Morbi tincidunt 33 cras ornare arcu dui. Netus et |
| 132 | + 14 augue interdum velit euismod. 34 malesuada fames ac turpis |
| 133 | + 15 Sit amet massa vitae tortor 35 egestas integer. Dictum sit |
| 134 | + 16 condimentum lacinia quis vel. 36 amet justo donec. Nisi est sit |
| 135 | + 17 Sodales ut eu sem integer 37 amet facilisis magna etiam. |
| 136 | + 18 vitae. Ac turpis egestas 38 Malesuada pellentesque elit |
| 137 | + 19 integer eget aliquet nibh 39 eget gravida. At elementum eu |
| 138 | + 20 praesent tristique. Tellus at 40 facilisis sed odio morbi quis |
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| 146 | +2024-01-17 12:45 Example text Page: 2 |
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| 150 | + 42 in metus vulputate eu |
| 151 | + 43 scelerisque felis imperdiet. |
| 152 | + 44 Donec ac odio tempor orci |
| 153 | + 45 dapibus. Non arcu risus quis |
| 154 | + 46 varius quam. Dignissim diam |
| 155 | + 47 quis enim lobortis scelerisque |
| 156 | + 48 fermentum dui faucibus. Et |
| 157 | + 49 tortor at risus viverra |
| 158 | + 50 adipiscing at in tellus |
| 159 | + 51 integer. |
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| 175 | +``` |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +</details> |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +### No paging, single column |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | +```shell |
| 182 | +columnizer -c 1 -t "Example text" --single-page text.txt > output.txt |
| 183 | +``` |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +> If `--single-page` is specified, in normal mode (not `--across`) only the first column will be filled in, |
| 186 | +> because formatting occurs in real time and PyColumnizer does not know the final amount of text in order |
| 187 | +> to divide it into columns |
| 188 | +
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| 189 | +<details> |
| 190 | +<summary>output.txt</summary> |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | +```text |
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| 195 | +2024-01-17 12:47 Example text |
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| 198 | + 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod |
| 199 | + 2 tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut placerat orci |
| 200 | + 3 nulla pellentesque dignissim enim. Feugiat pretium nibh ipsum consequat |
| 201 | + 4 nisl vel pretium. Parturient montes nascetur ridiculus mus mauris vitae |
| 202 | + 5 ultricies leo integer. Non diam phasellus vestibulum lorem sed. Morbi |
| 203 | + 6 tincidunt augue interdum velit euismod. Sit amet massa vitae tortor |
| 204 | + 7 condimentum lacinia quis vel. Sodales ut eu sem integer vitae. Ac turpis |
| 205 | + 8 egestas integer eget aliquet nibh praesent tristique. Tellus at urna |
| 206 | + 9 condimentum mattis pellentesque id. Et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas |
| 207 | + 10 sed tempus urna et. |
| 208 | + 11 |
| 209 | + 12 Enim praesent elementum facilisis leo. Porttitor lacus luctus accumsan |
| 210 | + 13 tortor posuere. Ornare arcu odio ut sem nulla pharetra. Porta lorem |
| 211 | + 14 mollis aliquam ut porttitor. Libero volutpat sed cras ornare arcu dui. |
| 212 | + 15 Netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas integer. Dictum sit amet |
| 213 | + 16 justo donec. Nisi est sit amet facilisis magna etiam. Malesuada |
| 214 | + 17 pellentesque elit eget gravida. At elementum eu facilisis sed odio morbi |
| 215 | + 18 quis commodo. Ut venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu scelerisque |
| 216 | + 19 felis imperdiet. Donec ac odio tempor orci dapibus. Non arcu risus quis |
| 217 | + 20 varius quam. Dignissim diam quis enim lobortis scelerisque fermentum dui |
| 218 | + 21 faucibus. Et tortor at risus viverra adipiscing at in tellus integer. |
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| 220 | +``` |
| 221 | + |
| 222 | +</details> |
| 223 | + |
| 224 | +### 3 columns, across formatting, custom width, date format, separator, line numbering and header |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +```shell |
| 227 | +columnizer -a -c 3 -w 100 -p 25 --date-format "%d.%m.%Y" -s " - " -t "Example text" --line-number-placeholder "{line:>2} " --first-line-number 0 --lines-before-header 0 --lines-after-header 1 text.txt > output.txt |
| 228 | +``` |
| 229 | + |
| 230 | +> If `-a` or `--across` is specified, the text will be divided into columns from left to right, |
| 231 | +> then from top to bottom |
| 232 | +
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| 233 | +<details> |
| 234 | +<summary>output.txt</summary> |
| 235 | + |
| 236 | +```text |
| 237 | +17.01.2024 Example text Page: 1 |
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| 239 | + 0 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, - 1 consectetur adipiscing elit, - 2 sed do eiusmod tempor |
| 240 | + 3 incididunt ut labore et - 4 dolore magna aliqua. Ut - 5 placerat orci nulla |
| 241 | + 6 pellentesque dignissim enim. - 7 Feugiat pretium nibh ipsum - 8 consequat nisl vel pretium. |
| 242 | + 9 Parturient montes nascetur - 10 ridiculus mus mauris vitae - 11 ultricies leo integer. Non |
| 243 | +12 diam phasellus vestibulum - 13 lorem sed. Morbi tincidunt - 14 augue interdum velit |
| 244 | +15 euismod. Sit amet massa - 16 vitae tortor condimentum - 17 lacinia quis vel. Sodales ut |
| 245 | +18 eu sem integer vitae. Ac - 19 turpis egestas integer eget - 20 aliquet nibh praesent |
| 246 | +21 tristique. Tellus at urna - 22 condimentum mattis - 23 pellentesque id. Et |
| 247 | +24 malesuada fames ac turpis - 25 egestas sed tempus urna et. - 26 |
| 248 | +27 Enim praesent elementum - 28 facilisis leo. Porttitor - 29 lacus luctus accumsan tortor |
| 249 | +30 posuere. Ornare arcu odio ut - 31 sem nulla pharetra. Porta - 32 lorem mollis aliquam ut |
| 250 | +33 porttitor. Libero volutpat - 34 sed cras ornare arcu dui. - 35 Netus et malesuada fames ac |
| 251 | +36 turpis egestas integer. - 37 Dictum sit amet justo donec. - 38 Nisi est sit amet facilisis |
| 252 | +39 magna etiam. Malesuada - 40 pellentesque elit eget - 41 gravida. At elementum eu |
| 253 | +42 facilisis sed odio morbi - 43 quis commodo. Ut venenatis - 44 tellus in metus vulputate eu |
| 254 | +45 scelerisque felis imperdiet. - 46 Donec ac odio tempor orci - 47 dapibus. Non arcu risus quis |
| 255 | +48 varius quam. Dignissim diam - 49 quis enim lobortis - 50 scelerisque fermentum dui |
| 256 | +51 faucibus. Et tortor at risus - 52 viverra adipiscing at in - 53 tellus integer. |
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| 263 | +``` |
| 264 | + |
| 265 | +</details> |
| 266 | + |
| 267 | +### Justified columns, no header and line numbers, empty lines are skipped |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | +```shell |
| 270 | +columnizer -j -c 2 -p 30 -t "Example text" --no-header --no-line-numbers --skip-empty-lines text.txt > output.txt |
| 271 | +``` |
| 272 | + |
| 273 | +> If `-j` or `--justify` is specified, the text in each column will be justified |
| 274 | +> |
| 275 | +> If `--skip-empty-lines` is specified, empty lines will not be rendered |
| 276 | +
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| 277 | +<details> |
| 278 | +<summary>output.txt</summary> |
| 279 | + |
| 280 | +```text |
| 281 | +Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, fames ac turpis egestas integer. |
| 282 | +consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do Dictum sit amet justo donec. Nisi est |
| 283 | +eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et sit amet facilisis magna etiam. |
| 284 | +dolore magna aliqua. Ut placerat orci Malesuada pellentesque elit eget |
| 285 | +nulla pellentesque dignissim enim. gravida. At elementum eu facilisis sed |
| 286 | +Feugiat pretium nibh ipsum consequat odio morbi quis commodo. Ut venenatis |
| 287 | +nisl vel pretium. Parturient montes tellus in metus vulputate eu |
| 288 | +nascetur ridiculus mus mauris vitae scelerisque felis imperdiet. Donec ac |
| 289 | +ultricies leo integer. Non diam odio tempor orci dapibus. Non arcu |
| 290 | +phasellus vestibulum lorem sed. Morbi risus quis varius quam. Dignissim diam |
| 291 | +tincidunt augue interdum velit quis enim lobortis scelerisque |
| 292 | +euismod. Sit amet massa vitae tortor fermentum dui faucibus. Et tortor at |
| 293 | +condimentum lacinia quis vel. Sodales risus viverra adipiscing at in tellus |
| 294 | +ut eu sem integer vitae. Ac turpis integer. |
| 295 | +egestas integer eget aliquet nibh |
| 296 | +praesent tristique. Tellus at urna |
| 297 | +condimentum mattis pellentesque id. Et |
| 298 | +malesuada fames ac turpis egestas sed |
| 299 | +tempus urna et. |
| 300 | +Enim praesent elementum facilisis leo. |
| 301 | +Porttitor lacus luctus accumsan tortor |
| 302 | +posuere. Ornare arcu odio ut sem nulla |
| 303 | +pharetra. Porta lorem mollis aliquam |
| 304 | +ut porttitor. Libero volutpat sed cras |
| 305 | +ornare arcu dui. Netus et malesuada |
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| 312 | +``` |
| 313 | + |
| 314 | +</details> |
| 315 | + |
| 316 | +### Piped input |
| 317 | + |
| 318 | +```shell |
| 319 | +echo "Some piped text here\nAnother line\n\nAnd another one after blank line" | columnizer -c 2 -p 15 > output.txt |
| 320 | +``` |
| 321 | + |
| 322 | +<details> |
| 323 | +<summary>output.txt</summary> |
| 324 | + |
| 325 | +```text |
| 326 | +
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| 327 | +
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| 328 | +2024-01-17 13:23 Page: 1 |
| 329 | +
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| 330 | +
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| 331 | + 1 Some piped text here |
| 332 | + 2 Another line |
| 333 | + 3 |
| 334 | + 4 And another one after blank |
| 335 | + 5 line |
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| 342 | +``` |
| 343 | + |
| 344 | +</details> |
| 345 | + |
| 346 | +---------- |
| 347 | + |
| 348 | +## ✨ Contribution |
| 349 | + |
| 350 | +- Anyone can contribute! Just create a pull request |
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