pickout(1)

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version 4.1 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 pickout(1) — like, the manual page for pickout 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because this little cutie (pickout, from section 1 of the manual, iykyk) is about to become your new fave. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pickout — Generate table from key = value lines in file.

like. that's it. that's the whole gig. she reads key = value lines and she serves you a whole table. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pickout [OPTIONS] field1 [field2 ...  ] < data-file

so you run pickout, you hand her a list of field1, field2, and however many more fields you want, and you feed her a data-file on stdin. she gives you the table. periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Generate table from key = value lines in file.

fr fr that's the entire description. she's simple, she's focused, she knows what she's about. key = value lines go in, a table comes out. no drama, no side quests. 🧚

💜 ALL OPTIONS: 💜

here's the whole menu, bestie. every single one. not skipping a single crumb. 🍓

  • -h, --help — Produce help message. she'll tell you what's up if you ask nicely. 🥺
  • -n, --no-header — Suppress the line of field names. you want the table but not the little header row on top? say less. gone. ✨
  • --large — The last value goes to the end of the line. it just keeps going. main character energy, it refuses to be contained. 💀
  • --multi-line — The last continues until a blank line. she doesn't stop at the end of the line, she keeps collecting until she hits a blank line. obsessed with the commitment. 🔥

😭 REPORTING BUGS: 😭

found something cursed? don't suffer in silence, bestie, tell the people:

real talk: bug reports go to that email, not into the void. the void does not have a ticket system. 💀

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

Benjamin Redelings.

that's the legend. give them their flowers. 💐

🫶 a lil sign-off 🫶

this page is serving Feb 2018 energy, and it's part of the pickout(1) manual — same name, same section, always. now go generate some tables, bestie. you're gonna eat. 👑💖

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