psv

Overview ¶

psv command

Usage:

psv
    -h                      help
    -help
    -ignore <prefix>        ignore <prefix> before
    -squash                 squash empty columns
    -sort                   sort rows between rulers
    -by <col>[,<col>...]    sort by column(s)

PSV Tables

• rows must begin with a '|'
• columns must be separated by '|'
• the first row can be used to define the column names
• column names do not have to be unique
• rulers provide horizontal separators
• a row with no data is a ruler (not one of the table's data rows)
• all

Examples

% cat input.txt
  //  | name | score
    | -
        | Adam |      1
| Alexander|2
|Bob|3

% psv -i // < input.txt > output.txt

% cat output.txt
  //  | name      | score |
  //  | --------- | ----- |
  //  | Adam      | 1     |
  //  | Alexander | 2     |
  //  | Bob       | 3     |