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How to display lines in a file like ls displays files in a directory? [duplicate]
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A shell tool to “tablify” input data
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How can a space-delimited list of words be folded into tabular columns that fit in the terminal's width
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I have a long file with short lines (one word) f that I would like to inspect.
It would fit on the screen if it wasn't for the newlines.
If the data was already arranged in columns I could just do column -t but I want my one column to be split into many.
Knowing the length of the file I could just do:
$ sed -n '1,10p' f > f1
$ sed -n '11,20p' f > f2
$ sed -n '21,30p' f > f3
$ sed -n '31,40p' f > f4
$ sed -n '41,50p' f > f5
$ paste f[1-5]
I imagine one could also make a new directory, apply touch on every line, do ls, delete the directory.
But is there an easy way to do this without creating any files?
files ls cat
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A shell tool to “tablify” input data
2 answers
How can a space-delimited list of words be folded into tabular columns that fit in the terminal's width
2 answers
I have a long file with short lines (one word) f that I would like to inspect.
It would fit on the screen if it wasn't for the newlines.
If the data was already arranged in columns I could just do column -t but I want my one column to be split into many.
Knowing the length of the file I could just do:
$ sed -n '1,10p' f > f1
$ sed -n '11,20p' f > f2
$ sed -n '21,30p' f > f3
$ sed -n '31,40p' f > f4
$ sed -n '41,50p' f > f5
$ paste f[1-5]
I imagine one could also make a new directory, apply touch on every line, do ls, delete the directory.
But is there an easy way to do this without creating any files?
files ls cat
asked Apr 11 at 11:40
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marked as duplicate by muru, Kusalananda♦ Apr 12 at 14:38
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add a comment |
This question already has an answer here:
A shell tool to “tablify” input data
2 answers
How can a space-delimited list of words be folded into tabular columns that fit in the terminal's width
2 answers
I have a long file with short lines (one word) f that I would like to inspect.
It would fit on the screen if it wasn't for the newlines.
If the data was already arranged in columns I could just do column -t but I want my one column to be split into many.
Knowing the length of the file I could just do:
$ sed -n '1,10p' f > f1
$ sed -n '11,20p' f > f2
$ sed -n '21,30p' f > f3
$ sed -n '31,40p' f > f4
$ sed -n '41,50p' f > f5
$ paste f[1-5]
I imagine one could also make a new directory, apply touch on every line, do ls, delete the directory.
But is there an easy way to do this without creating any files?
files ls cat
asked Apr 11 at 11:40
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A shell tool to “tablify” input data
2 answers
How can a space-delimited list of words be folded into tabular columns that fit in the terminal's width
2 answers
I have a long file with short lines (one word) f that I would like to inspect.
It would fit on the screen if it wasn't for the newlines.
If the data was already arranged in columns I could just do column -t but I want my one column to be split into many.
Knowing the length of the file I could just do:
$ sed -n '1,10p' f > f1
$ sed -n '11,20p' f > f2
$ sed -n '21,30p' f > f3
$ sed -n '31,40p' f > f4
$ sed -n '41,50p' f > f5
$ paste f[1-5]
I imagine one could also make a new directory, apply touch on every line, do ls, delete the directory.
But is there an easy way to do this without creating any files?
This question already has an answer here:
A shell tool to “tablify” input data
2 answers
How can a space-delimited list of words be folded into tabular columns that fit in the terminal's width
2 answers
files ls cat
files ls cat
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Oh, nevermind! column does that:
column f displays newline separated items in file f in columns, which has the same effect as ls on a directory.
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@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had usedcolumn -tin the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and triedcolumnwithout parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.
– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
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Alternatively, there's the fmt utility (check your local man page):
$ seq 100 > f
$ fmt --width 50 file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
99 100
or pr:
$ pr -15 -w 50 -a -s' ' -t file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 10
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
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With zsh:
$ seq 20 > file
$ print -rC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20
$ print -raC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
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Oh, nevermind! column does that:
column f displays newline separated items in file f in columns, which has the same effect as ls on a directory.
answered Apr 11 at 11:48
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@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had usedcolumn -tin the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and triedcolumnwithout parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.
– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
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Oh, nevermind! column does that:
column f displays newline separated items in file f in columns, which has the same effect as ls on a directory.
answered Apr 11 at 11:48
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@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had usedcolumn -tin the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and triedcolumnwithout parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.
– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
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Oh, nevermind! column does that:
column f displays newline separated items in file f in columns, which has the same effect as ls on a directory.
answered Apr 11 at 11:48
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Oh, nevermind! column does that:
column f displays newline separated items in file f in columns, which has the same effect as ls on a directory.
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@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had usedcolumn -tin the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and triedcolumnwithout parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.
– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
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@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had usedcolumn -tin the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and triedcolumnwithout parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.
– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had used
column -t in the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and tried column without parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
@SaggingRufus I've edited my answer to include the exact command. As for how I came up with it, I had used
column -t in the past to prettyprint files that were already organized into columns and tried column without parameters more to see what happens than because I expected it to work.– user2740
Apr 11 at 13:45
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Alternatively, there's the fmt utility (check your local man page):
$ seq 100 > f
$ fmt --width 50 file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
99 100
or pr:
$ pr -15 -w 50 -a -s' ' -t file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 10
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
add a comment |
Alternatively, there's the fmt utility (check your local man page):
$ seq 100 > f
$ fmt --width 50 file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
99 100
or pr:
$ pr -15 -w 50 -a -s' ' -t file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 10
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
add a comment |
Alternatively, there's the fmt utility (check your local man page):
$ seq 100 > f
$ fmt --width 50 file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
99 100
or pr:
$ pr -15 -w 50 -a -s' ' -t file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 10
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
Alternatively, there's the fmt utility (check your local man page):
$ seq 100 > f
$ fmt --width 50 file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
99 100
or pr:
$ pr -15 -w 50 -a -s' ' -t file
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 10
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
answered Apr 11 at 19:39
Jeff Schaller♦Jeff Schaller
45.1k1164147
45.1k1164147
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With zsh:
$ seq 20 > file
$ print -rC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20
$ print -raC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
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With zsh:
$ seq 20 > file
$ print -rC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20
$ print -raC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
add a comment |
With zsh:
$ seq 20 > file
$ print -rC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20
$ print -raC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
With zsh:
$ seq 20 > file
$ print -rC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20
$ print -raC5 -- $(f)"$(<file)"
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
answered Apr 12 at 8:51
Stéphane ChazelasStéphane Chazelas
315k57597955
315k57597955
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