Tabular format again

[Wu Ming]

Hello,

( printf “DIR#NAME#EMAIL\n" ; \
recsel -t Checks -p Dir,Name,Email customers.rec | recfmt -f format.txt ) | 
column -t -s "#" 

with format.txt:

{{Dir}}#{{Name}}#{{Email}}

It works.  Output is a tabular format with provided header and enough spacing 
between columns for neat alignment. A slight modification of the example 
present in column’s man page.

Two details bothering me. First header info is present at recsel output 
already. Second adding a custom separator for column to work. Because Name 
field values contain spaces.

Then realised:

recsel -t Checks -p Dir,Name,Email customers.rec | rec2csv -d "#" | column -t 
-s “#"

removes the need to repeat header info two more times. Custom separator stays.


Recutils are like magic.