tabl view
This command formats a tab-delimited file and displays it in equally spaced columns.
Usage
$ tabl view [filename] {options}
If filename is not given, stdin is assumed. Use - to explicitly read from stdin.
Options
--show-linenum– also include the line number in the output--min– the minimum width for a column--max– the maximum width for a column
(by default, the width is auto determined)
Common options
--csv– the file is a CSV file--no-header– the file doesn't contain a header row--header-comment– the header is the last commented line (not common, but used sometimes in bioinformatics, eg. VCF format)--show-comments– display any comment lines in place
Example
$ tabl view iris.txt
class | sepal_length | sepal_width | petal_length | petal_width
================+=================+================+=================+================
Iris-setosa | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.2
Iris-setosa | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.2
Iris-setosa | 4.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.2
Iris-setosa | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.2
Iris-setosa | 5.0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.2
Iris-setosa | 5.4 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.4
Iris-setosa | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3
Iris-setosa | 5.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.2