further table streamlining: work with new table api everywhere

some refactoring, fix stringer func
fix cpu percentage element count
2026-08-24 11:54:18 +02:00 · 2026-08-09 21:48:03 +02:00 · 2026-08-08 22:39:37 +02:00 · 2026-08-08 22:39:12 +02:00 · 2026-08-07 23:00:58 +02:00 · 2026-08-07 22:59:33 +02:00
44 changed files with 776 additions and 401 deletions
--- a/9
+++ b/9
@@ -110,3 +110,12 @@ profile: buildlocal
 	./esctl api ls --profile-file cpu.profile
 	go tool pprof -text esctl cpu.profile
 	go tool pprof --http localhost:8888 ./esctl cpu.profile
+
+docker-up:
+	make -C t up
+
+docker-waitup:
+	make -C t up
+
+docker-down:
+	make -C t down
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ Pending Tasks              0
 Nodes                      3                                   
 Red Indices                0                                   
 Long Running Tasks         2                                   
-Indicies                   221                                 
+indices                   221                                 
 Docs                       9854777                             
 Total Size                 3.4 GB                              
 Total Queries              4210411                             
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ cluster                     - manage cluster[s]
    allocate-empty-primary  - allocate an empty primary shard to a node
    allocate-stale-primary  - allocate a stale primary shard to a node
 datastream                  - manage data streams
-  list                      - list indicies
+  list                      - list indices
  show                      - show details about an data stream
  create                    - create a new data stream
  delete                    - delete a data stream
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ ilm                         - manage index lifecycle
    list                    - list index rollover config
    show                    - show rollover forecast over all indices
  explain                   - explain ilm condition of an index
-index                       - manage indicies
-  list                      - list indicies
+index                       - manage indices
+  list                      - list indices
  show                      - show details about an index
  create                    - create a new index
  update                    - update an index
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ index                       - manage indicies
  fields                    - show info about field capabilities
  ilm                       - show ilm status
  du                        - show index disk usage
+  copy                      - copy (reindex) documents from one index to another
  alias                     - manage index aliases
    create                  - create an index alias
    list                    - list index aliases
@@ -587,6 +588,7 @@ role                        - manage roles
  show                      - show details about a role
  diff                      - show differences between roles and CSV baseline
 search                      - search within an index
+searchql                    - search using ES/QL language
 shard                       - manage shards
  list                      - list shards
  show                      - show details about a shard
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@

 - add datastream support:
  https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-get-data-stream
-  
-  also exclude data stream backing indices from index ls
--- a/cmd/ccr.go
+++ b/cmd/ccr.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:        "exclude",
-				Usage:       "regexp of indicies to exclude",
+				Usage:       "regexp of indices to exclude",
 				Destination: &conf.Exclude,
 				Aliases:     []string{"e"},
 			},
--- a/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/completion.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 	Cilm
 	Cnode
 	Cclustersettings
+	Cindextemplate
 )

 func complete(conf *cfg.Config, cmd *cli.Command, what int) {
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ func complete(conf *cfg.Config, cmd *cli.Command, what int) {
 		list, err = es.NodeNames(conf)
 	case Cclustersettings:
 		list, err = es.ClusterSettingsNames(conf)
+	case Cindextemplate:
+		list, err = es.IndexTemplateNames(conf)
 	}

 	if err != nil {
--- a/cmd/datastream.go
+++ b/cmd/datastream.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func DatastreamList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:    "list",
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
-		Usage:   "list indicies",
+		Usage:   "list indices",

 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.IntFlag{
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func DatastreamRollover(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Usage:       "roll over after max age (eg: 7d, 2m, 8h)",
 				Destination: &conf.MaxAge,
 			},
-			&cli.IntFlag{
+			&cli.Int64Flag{
 				Name:        "max-docs",
 				Usage:       "roll over after max docs",
 				Destination: &conf.MaxDocs,
--- a/cmd/ilm_forecast.go
+++ b/cmd/ilm_forecast.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func IlmForecastList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "hidden",
-				Usage:       "include hidden indicies",
+				Usage:       "include hidden indices",
 				Destination: &conf.Hidden,
 				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
 			},
--- a/cmd/index.go
+++ b/cmd/index.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Index(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:    "index",
 		Aliases: []string{"i"},
-		Usage:   "manage indicies",
+		Usage:   "manage indices",

 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			IndexList(conf),
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func Index(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			IndexFields(conf),
 			IndexIlm(conf),
 			IndexDu(conf),
+			IndexCopy(conf),

 			// sub commands
 			IndexAlias(conf),
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:    "list",
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
-		Usage:   "list indicies",
+		Usage:   "list indices",

 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.IntFlag{
@@ -65,25 +66,25 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "partials",
-				Usage:       "include partial indicies",
+				Usage:       "include partial indices",
 				Destination: &conf.Partials,
 				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "hidden",
-				Usage:       "include hidden indicies",
+				Usage:       "include hidden indices",
 				Destination: &conf.Hidden,
 				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "failed",
-				Usage:       "include only red failed indicies",
+				Usage:       "include only red failed indices",
 				Destination: &conf.Failed,
 				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
 			},
 			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 				Name:        "filter",
-				Usage:       "show only indicies matching the filter",
+				Usage:       "show only indices matching the filter",
 				Destination: &conf.Filter,
 				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
 			},
@@ -299,3 +300,82 @@ func IndexDu(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func IndexCopy(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "copy",
+		Aliases:   []string{"alias", "cp"},
+		Usage:     "copy (reindex) documents from one index to another",
+		UsageText: "index copy [options] -s <source-index> -t <dest-index>",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			// FIXME: not implemented by typed API
+			// &cli.BoolFlag{
+			// 	Name:        "missing", // op_type
+			// 	Usage:       "copy only missing docs",
+			// 	Destination: &conf.Missing,
+			// 	Aliases:     []string{"m"},
+			// },
+			// &cli.BoolFlag{
+			// 	Name:        "sync", // version_type to external
+			// 	Usage:       "create missing docs and update outdated docs",
+			// 	Destination: &conf.Sync,
+			// 	Aliases:     []string{"S"},
+			// },
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "force", // conflicts to proceed
+				Usage:       "continue reindexing even when conflicts happen",
+				Destination: &conf.Force,
+				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
+			},
+			&cli.Float64Flag{
+				Name:        "requests-per-second",
+				Usage:       "the maximum number of documents to index per second (-1 turns off throttling)",
+				Destination: &conf.RequestsPerSecond,
+				Aliases:     []string{"R"},
+			},
+			&cli.Int64Flag{
+				Name:        "max-docs",
+				Usage:       "the maximum number of documents to reindex",
+				Destination: &conf.MaxDocs,
+				Aliases:     []string{"m"},
+			},
+			&cli.DurationFlag{
+				Name:        "timeout",
+				Usage:       "timeout for write operations (e.g. 300m or 120s)",
+				Destination: &conf.Timeout,
+				Aliases:     []string{"T"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "refresh",
+				Usage:       "refresh affected shards to make this operation visible to search",
+				Destination: &conf.Refresh,
+				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "wait",
+				Usage:       "wait for active shards",
+				Destination: &conf.Wait,
+				Aliases:     []string{"w"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "source",
+				Usage:       "source index (multiple supported)",
+				Destination: &conf.SourceIndices,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "target",
+				Usage:       "target index",
+				Destination: &conf.Index,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.IndexCopy(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/index_alias.go
+++ b/cmd/index_alias.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func IndexAliasRollover(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Usage:       "roll over after max age (eg: 7d, 2m, 8h)",
 				Destination: &conf.MaxAge,
 			},
-			&cli.IntFlag{
+			&cli.Int64Flag{
 				Name:        "max-docs",
 				Usage:       "roll over after max docs",
 				Destination: &conf.MaxDocs,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 				Name:        "filter",
-				Usage:       "show only aliases for indicies matching the filter",
+				Usage:       "show only aliases for indices matching the filter",
 				Destination: &conf.Filter,
 				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
 			},
--- a/cmd/index_template.go
+++ b/cmd/index_template.go
@@ -49,8 +49,23 @@ func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
 		Usage:   "list index templates",

+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "filter-index-pattern",
+				Usage:       "show only index templates which use patterns, which match the filter",
+				Destination: &conf.Filter,
+				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "hidden",
+				Usage:       "show hidden index templates as well",
+				Destination: &conf.Hidden,
+				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
+			},
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			return es.IndexTemplateList(conf)
+			return es.IndexTemplateList(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -71,7 +86,7 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},

 		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
-			complete(conf, cmd, Cindex)
+			complete(conf, cmd, Cindextemplate)
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -215,7 +230,7 @@ func IndexTemplateDelete(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},

 		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
-			complete(conf, cmd, Cindex)
+			complete(conf, cmd, Cindextemplate)
 		},
 	}
 }
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ module codeberg.org/scip/esctl
 go 1.26

 require (
+	codeberg.org/scip/mapmap v0.0.2
 	github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-markdown v0.1.4
-	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2
+	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.3
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.22.5
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading v0.26.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22
-	github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0
 	github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.10.1-0.20260623012112-f980ca84bf65
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+codeberg.org/scip/mapmap v0.0.2 h1:0i61jOUwFmGVwPukrMzrx0Fi4T9Qru2nlmibuaJimBo=
+codeberg.org/scip/mapmap v0.0.2/go.mod h1:/ojYo2P7dMA2FWEu+jHKmsKPeq5yDcCvXeHevqZd5OI=
 github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-markdown v0.1.4 h1:Ir3kBXDUtOX7dEv0EaQV8CNPpH+T7AfTh0eniMOtNcs=
 github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-markdown v0.1.4/go.mod h1:EhcA3+pKYnlUsxYKBJ5Sn1cTQmmBMjeNlpV8nRb+JxA=
 github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-text v0.3.1 h1:Kw9kZanyZWiCHOYu9v/8pWEgDQ6UVN9/ix2Vd2zzWf0=
@@ -10,8 +12,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/colour v0.0.0-20160524082231-60882d9e2721 h1:JHZL0hZKJ1VEN
 github.com/alecthomas/colour v0.0.0-20160524082231-60882d9e2721/go.mod h1:QO9JBoKquHd+jz9nshCh40fOfO+JzsoXy8qTHF68zU0=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.2.1-0.20190708041108-0548c6b1afae/go.mod h1:+inYUSluD+p4L8KdviBSgzcqEjUQOfC5fQDRFuc36lI=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20180818092828-117648cd9897/go.mod h1:xTS7Pm1pD1mvyM075QCDSRqH6qRLXylzS24ZTpRiSzQ=
-github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs=
-github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.3 h1:Ebk3yZ0kvrHC7TkTHLDJGDq1LxKeu9sQBQREFMcesS8=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.3/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:uYgXzlJ7ZpABp8OJ+exZzJJhRNQ2ASbcXHWsFqH8hp8=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0 h1:12J8/ak/uCZEMQ6KU7pcfwceyjLlWsDLAxB5fXonfvc=
@@ -151,8 +153,6 @@ github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
-github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550 h1:C3CfUXH/qmWuQFRqnPm3Sx8PFxa+pqACjhV5CaNO8pw=
-github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550/go.mod h1:Sl541M2Em6rRG3V9WObycR7MYFZiERVkd/TJg0Gt0U4=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0 h1:Kpca3qRNrduNnOQeazBd0ysaKrUJiIuISHxogkT9RPQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
--- a/pkg/cfg/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ type Config struct {
 	Retention  string   // index template create: -r
 	Rollover   bool     // index template create: -R

+	Missing           bool          // index copy: -m
+	Sync              bool          // index copy: -S
+	RequestsPerSecond float64       // index copy: -R
+	Timeout           time.Duration // index copy: -T
+	Refresh           bool          // index copy: -r
+	SourceIndices     []string      // index copy: -s
+
 	From, To, MaxItems int      // search: flags
 	Filter             []string // search: -F
 	Path               string   // search+doc sh: -p
@@ -99,7 +107,8 @@ type Config struct {

 	// rollover
 	MaxAge                     string
-	MaxDocs, MaxShardSize, MaxShardDocs int  // roll over
+	MaxDocs                    int64 // roll over, plus others
+	MaxShardSize, MaxShardDocs int   // roll over
 	DryRun                     bool  // rollover: -n

 	Tag      string // api ls: -t
--- a/pkg/es/api.go
+++ b/pkg/es/api.go
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ func ApiList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {

 	filter := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 4, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("path", "http verb", "tag", "description")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(4, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("path", "http verb", "tag", "description")

 	for path, item := range assets.OpenAPI.Spec().Paths.Paths {
 		if pattern != "" {
--- a/pkg/es/ccr.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ccr.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) error {
 		res, err := conf.Clusters[alias].ES().Cat.Indices().
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies on %s: %w", alias, esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indices on %s: %w", alias, esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		indices[alias] = make(map[string]*types.IndicesRecord, len(res))
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ func CcrRemoteInfo(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		mode = "leader"
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
-	table.Addheaders("ccr remote property", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 5).
+	    WithHeaders("ccr remote property", "value")

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Remote Cluster", remote},
--- a/pkg/es/ccr_follower.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ccr_follower.go
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {

 	follower := res.Indices[0].Shards[0]

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 9)
-	table.Addheaders("ccr follower property", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 9).
+	    WithHeaders("ccr follower property", "value")

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"name", index},
--- a/pkg/es/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	wg.Wait()

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(conf.Clusters))
-	table.Addheaders("cluster", "uri", "reachable", "current", "error")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, len(conf.Clusters)).
+	    WithHeaders("cluster", "uri", "reachable", "current", "error")

 	idx := 0

@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 7)
-	table.Addheaders(conf.DefaultCluster.Name, "status")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 7).
+	    WithHeaders(conf.DefaultCluster.Name, "status")

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Cluster Name", res.health.ClusterName},
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ func gatherClusterStats(clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, table *printer.Tabl
 	}

 	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]any{
-		{"Indicies", clusterstats.Indices.Count},
+		{"indices", clusterstats.Indices.Count},
 		{"Docs", clusterstats.Indices.Docs.Count},
 		{"Total Size", printer.Bytes(clusterstats.Indices.Docs.TotalSizeInBytes)},
-		{"Total Queries", "%d", querycount},
+		{"Total Queries", querycount},
 		{"Shards Primaries", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Primaries},
 		{"Shards Total", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Total},
 		{"Storage", fmt.Sprintf(
--- a/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("setting", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("setting", "value")

 	entries := [][]any{}

--- a/pkg/es/cluster_util.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_util.go
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 		status[cluster] = clusterHealth
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, 6)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, 6).

-	table.Addheaders("setting", "leader:"+leader, "follower:"+follower)
+	    WithHeaders("setting", "leader:"+leader, "follower:"+follower)

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Cluster Name", status[leader].ClusterName, status[follower].ClusterName},
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 			status[leader].ActivePrimaryShards,
 			status[follower].ActivePrimaryShards,
 		},
-		{"Indicies",
+		{"indices",
 			len(status[leader].Indices),
 			len(status[follower].Indices),
 		},
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {

 		if len(failed[cluster]) > 0 {
 			idx := 0
-			table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(failed[cluster]))
-			table.Addheaders("ilm errors on "+which, "errors")
+			table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, len(failed[cluster])).
+			    WithHeaders("ilm errors on "+which, "errors")

 			for name, count := range failed[cluster] {
 				table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, count}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 	return false
 }

-// find unsynchronized indicies only present on leader
+// find unsynchronized indices only present on leader
 func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, follower string) bool {
 	exclude := regexp.MustCompile(DefaultExclude)
 	if conf.Exclude != "" {
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, f
 	}

 	idx := 0
-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(indexOnlyOnLeader))
-	table.Addheaders("index only on leader", "size", "docscount")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(indexOnlyOnLeader)).
+	    WithHeaders("index only on leader", "size", "docscount")

 	for name, index := range indexOnlyOnLeader {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ func findOrphanedIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, follo
 	}

 	idx := 0
-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(orphaned))
-	table.Addheaders("orphaned index on follower", "size", "docscount")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(orphaned)).
+	    WithHeaders("orphaned index on follower", "size", "docscount")

 	for name, index := range orphaned {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ func findFailedFollowerIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, followe
 	}

 	idx := 0
-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(red))
-	table.Addheaders("red index on follower", "size", "docscount")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(red)).
+	    WithHeaders("red index on follower", "size", "docscount")

 	for name, index := range red {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
--- a/pkg/es/datastream.go
+++ b/pkg/es/datastream.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func DatastreamList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 7, size)
-	table.Addheaders("name", "ilm policy", "hidden", "system", "replicated", "generation", "timestamp field")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(7, size).
+	    WithHeaders("name", "ilm policy", "hidden", "system", "replicated", "generation", "timestamp field")

 	for idx, datastream := range list {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, datastream.Status.String(), datastream.Name)
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func DatastreamShow(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data stream stats: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 11, 2)
-	table.Addheaders("data stream property", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(11, 2).
+	    WithHeaders("data stream property", "value")

 	datastream := res.DataStreams[0]

@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ func DatastreamShow(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	table = printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(datastream.Indices))
-	table.Addheaders("backing index name", "uuid", "prefer ilm", "ilm policy", "managed by")
+	table = printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, len(datastream.Indices)).
+	    WithHeaders("backing index name", "uuid", "prefer ilm", "ilm policy", "managed by")

 	for idx, index := range datastream.Indices {
 		policy := ""
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ func DatastreamRollover(conf *cfg.Config, ds string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover data stream: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
-	table.Addheaders("rollover response", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 5).
+	    WithHeaders("rollover response", "value")
 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"acknowledged", res.Acknowledged},
 		{"rolled over", res.RolledOver},
--- a/pkg/es/ilm.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ilm.go
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ func IlmList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {
 		repr.Println(res)
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("ilm policy", "hot", "warm", "frozen", "delete")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, 0).
+		WithHeaders("ilm policy", "hot", "warm", "frozen", "delete")

 	for name, ilm := range res {
 		table.AddRow(name,
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config, policy string) error {
 		return IlmShowTree(conf, ilm.Policy)
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
-	table.Addheaders("ilm policy setting", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 5).
+		WithHeaders("ilm policy setting", "value")

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"policy", policy},
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config, policy string) error {
 func IlmShowTree(conf *cfg.Config, ilm types.IlmPolicy) error {
 	indent := ""

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 4, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("phase", "min age", "min size", "snapshot repo")
-
 	for _, phase := range IlmPhaseOrder {
 		if phase == "hot" {
 			fmt.Printf("%s%s phase:\n%s      rollover after %s\n",
@@ -280,15 +277,17 @@ func IlmExplain(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {

 	ilm := explain.(*types.LifecycleExplainManaged)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("ilm status field", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+		WithHeaders("ilm status field", "value")

 	info := ""

+	if len(ilm.StepInfo["reason"]) > 0 {
 		err = json.Unmarshal(ilm.StepInfo["reason"], &info)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal step info: %w", err)
 		}
+	}

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"index", ilm.Index},
@@ -299,8 +298,11 @@ func IlmExplain(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		{"phase", *ilm.Phase},
 		{"phase execution", ilmPhaseString(ilm.PhaseExecution.PhaseDefinition, false)},
 		{"step", *ilm.Step},
-		{"failed step", *ilm.FailedStep},
-		{"failed step retry count", ilm.FailedStepRetryCount},
+	}
+
+	if ilm.FailedStep != nil {
+		table.AddRow("failed step", *ilm.FailedStep)
+		table.AddRow("failed step retry count", ilm.FailedStepRetryCount)
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
--- a/pkg/es/ilm_forecast.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ilm_forecast.go
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ func IlmForecastList(conf *cfg.Config, filter string) error {
 		headers = append(headers, "ilm policy")
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, len(headers), 0)
-	table.Addheaders(headers...)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(len(headers), 0).
+	    WithHeaders(headers...)

 	for _, phase := range phaseData {
 		if filter != "" && !flt.MatchString(phase.index) {
--- a/pkg/es/index.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index.go
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ import (

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/mapmap"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/indices"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/healthstatus"
 )

@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Indices().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indices: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	indices := make([]string, len(res))
@@ -53,41 +55,29 @@ func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 }

 func filterIndices(conf *cfg.Config, list indices.Response) indices.Response {
-	// apply partials filter first
-	selectedlist := indices.Response{}
+	var filter *regexp.Regexp

-	for _, index := range list {
+	if len(conf.Filter) > 0 {
+		filter = regexp.MustCompile(conf.Filter[0])
+	}
+
+	return mapmap.NewSlicer(list).MapSliceValuesImmutable(func(index types.IndicesRecord) bool {
 		if !conf.Partials && strings.HasPrefix(*index.Index, "partial-") {
-			continue
+			return false
 		}

 		if !conf.Hidden && strings.HasPrefix(*index.Index, ".") {
-			continue
+			return false
 		}

-		if strings.HasPrefix(*index.Index, ".ds-") {
-			// ignore data stream backing indicies
-			continue
-		}
-
-		selectedlist = append(selectedlist, index)
-	}
-
-	if len(conf.Filter) == 0 {
-		return selectedlist
-	}
-
-	// we support just one filter here, for now
-	filter := *regexp.MustCompile(conf.Filter[0])
-	newlist := indices.Response{}
-
-	for _, index := range selectedlist {
-		if filter.MatchString(*index.Index) {
-			newlist = append(newlist, index)
+		if len(conf.Filter) > 0 {
+			if !filter.MatchString(*index.Index) {
+				return false
 			}
 		}

-	return newlist
+		return true
+	})
 }

 func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
@@ -99,10 +89,10 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	res, err := cat.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indices: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", res)
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "indices", res)

 	list := filterIndices(conf, res)

@@ -114,8 +104,8 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, size)
-	table.Addheaders("name", "size", "docscount")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, size).
+	    WithHeaders("name", "size", "docscount")

 	for idx, index := range list {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, *index.Health, *index.Index)
@@ -150,8 +140,8 @@ func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config, indexpattern string) error {
 			idx++
 		}

-		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 7)
-		table.Addheaders("index property", "value")
+		table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 7).
+		    WithHeaders("index property", "value")

 		ts, err := strconv.ParseInt(index.Settings.Index.CreationDate.(string), 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -273,8 +263,8 @@ func IndexFields(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve field capabilties: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("field", "type", "searchable", "aggretable", "metadata")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("field", "type", "searchable", "aggretable", "metadata")

 	idx := 0

@@ -346,7 +336,7 @@ func IndexDiskusage(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		return errors.New("no disk usage reported for index")
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTableEmpty(conf).
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).
 		WithHeaders("field", "bloom filter", "norms", "points", "term vectors", "knn vectors", "total")

 	for name, field := range diskusage.Fields {
--- a/pkg/es/index_alias.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_alias.go
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(aliaslist))
-	table.Addheaders("index", "alias")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, len(aliaslist)).
+	    WithHeaders("index", "alias")

 	idx := 0
 	for index, aliases := range aliaslist {
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ func IndexAliasRollover(conf *cfg.Config, alias string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover index alias: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
-	table.Addheaders("rollover response", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 5).
+	    WithHeaders("rollover response", "value")
 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"acknowledged", res.Acknowledged},
 		{"rolled over", res.RolledOver},
--- a/pkg/es/index_copy.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_copy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/conflicts"
+)
+
+func IndexCopy(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	copy := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Reindex()
+
+	if conf.Force {
+		copy.Conflicts(conflicts.Proceed)
+	}
+
+	if conf.RequestsPerSecond != 0 {
+		copy.RequestsPerSecond(fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", conf.RequestsPerSecond))
+	}
+
+	if conf.MaxDocs > 0 {
+		copy.MaxDocs(conf.MaxDocs)
+	}
+
+	if conf.Timeout > 0 {
+		copy.Timeout(formatDuration(conf.Timeout))
+	}
+
+	if conf.Wait {
+		copy.WaitForActiveShards("all")
+	}
+
+	if conf.Refresh {
+		copy.Refresh(true)
+	}
+
+	copy.Source(esdsl.NewReindexSource().Index(conf.SourceIndices...))
+	copy.Dest(esdsl.NewReindexDestination().Index(conf.Index))
+
+	res, err := copy.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy indices: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+		WithHeaders("Reindex metrtic", "value")
+
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"Source indices", conf.SourceIndices},
+		{"Target index", conf.Index},
+		{"Batches", *res.Batches},
+		{"Documents total", *res.Total},
+		{"Documents created", *res.Created},
+		{"Documents deleted", *res.Deleted},
+		{"Documents updated", *res.Updated},
+		{"Requests/s", *res.RequestsPerSecond},
+		{"Timed out", *res.TimedOut},
+		{"Time elapsed", time.Duration(*res.Took) * time.Millisecond},
+		{"Version conflicts", *res.VersionConflicts},
+	}
+
+	return table.Print()
+}
--- a/pkg/es/index_template.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_template.go
@@ -28,12 +28,29 @@ import (

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/mapmap"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )

 // used for completion
-func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+func IndexTemplateNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get index templates: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	names := make([]string, len(res.IndexTemplates))
+
+	for idx, tpl := range res.IndexTemplates {
+		names[idx] = tpl.Name
+	}
+
+	return names, nil
+}
+
+func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config, filter string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -42,16 +59,20 @@ func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	slog.Debug("res", "index templates", res)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(res.IndexTemplates))
-	table.Addheaders("name", "description", "priority")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("name", "description", "index patterns", "priority")

-	for idx, tpl := range res.IndexTemplates {
-		desc, err := json.Marshal(tpl.IndexTemplate.Meta_["description"])
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal meta json data: %w", err)
+	tplList := filterIndexTemplates(conf, filter, res.IndexTemplates)
+
+	for _, tpl := range tplList {
+		desc := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSuffix(string(tpl.IndexTemplate.Meta_["description"]), `"`), `"`)
+
+		var prio int64
+		if tpl.IndexTemplate.Priority != nil {
+			prio = *tpl.IndexTemplate.Priority
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []any{tpl.Name, desc, tpl.IndexTemplate.Priority}
+		table.AddRow(tpl.Name, desc, tpl.IndexTemplate.IndexPatterns, prio)
 	}

 	table.Sort()
@@ -59,6 +80,30 @@ func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	return table.Print()
 }

+// Filter index templates by name, index pattern or hidden flag, using
+// mapmap.Slicer
+func filterIndexTemplates(conf *cfg.Config, nameFilter string,
+	templates []types.IndexTemplateItem) []types.IndexTemplateItem {
+	return mapmap.NewSlicer(templates).MapSliceValuesImmutable(func(tpl types.IndexTemplateItem) bool {
+		if !conf.Hidden && strings.HasPrefix(tpl.Name, ".") {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if nameFilter != "" && !strings.Contains(tpl.Name, nameFilter) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if len(conf.Filter) > 0 {
+			if !mapmap.NewSlicer(tpl.IndexTemplate.IndexPatterns).
+				FindSliceInSlice(conf.Filter, strings.Contains) {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
 func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Name(tplname).
@@ -75,8 +120,8 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {

 	tpl := res.IndexTemplates[0]

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 6)
-	table.Addheaders("index template property", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 6).
+	    WithHeaders("index template property", "value")

 	desc, err := json.Marshal(tpl.IndexTemplate.Meta_["description"])
 	if err != nil {
@@ -103,8 +148,8 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	table = printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("index setting property", "value")
+	table = printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("index setting property", "value")

 	err = getIndexTemplateSettings(conf, tplname, table)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -117,8 +162,8 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	table = printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("index field mapping", "type")
+	table = printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("index field mapping", "type")

 	if tpl.IndexTemplate.Template.Mappings != nil {
 		for name, field := range tpl.IndexTemplate.Template.Mappings.Properties {
@@ -396,8 +441,8 @@ func rolloverAliasIndexTemplate(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 4, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("rollover alias", "status", "ack", "new index")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(4, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("rollover alias", "status", "ack", "new index")

 	// apply rollover to all matching aliases, if any
 	for alias := range aliases {
--- a/pkg/es/license.go
+++ b/pkg/es/license.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func LicenseShow(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	slog.Debug("license show", "license", res)

-	table := printer.NewTableEmpty(conf).WithHeaders("license setting", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithHeaders("license setting", "value")

 	lic := res.License

--- a/pkg/es/node.go
+++ b/pkg/es/node.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NodeList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "nodes", nodes)

-	table := printer.NewTableEmpty(conf).WithHeaders(
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithHeaders(
 		"name", "ip", "load1m", "load5m", "load15m", "ram %", "heap %")

 	for _, node := range nodes {
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func NodeShow(conf *cfg.Config, nodename string) error {
 	for id, info := range res.Nodes {
 		stat := stats.Nodes[id]

-		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
-		table.Addheaders(nodename+" property", "value")
+		table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 0).
+		    WithHeaders(nodename+" property", "value")

 		roles := make([]string, len(info.Roles))
 		for idx, role := range info.Roles {
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ func NodeClients(conf *cfg.Config, nodename string) error {

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "stat", stats)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
-	table.Addheaders("agent", "id", "when", "from host", "url")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, 0).
+	    WithHeaders("agent", "id", "when", "from host", "url")

 	for _, stat := range stats.Nodes {
 		for _, client := range stat.Http.Clients {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func NodeUsage(conf *cfg.Config, nodeid string) error {

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "usage", stats)

-	table := printer.NewTableEmpty(conf).WithHeaders(
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithHeaders(
 		"node",
 		"bulk",
 		"doc get",
--- a/pkg/es/role.go
+++ b/pkg/es/role.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ func RoleList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "roles", res)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(res))
-	table.Addheaders("role", "index roles", "cluster roles")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(res)).
+	    WithHeaders("role", "index roles", "cluster roles")

 	idx := 0
 	for name, role := range res {
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ func roleRemoteClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(role.RemoteCluster))
-	table.Addheaders("remote cluster", "privilege")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, len(role.RemoteCluster)).
+	    WithHeaders("remote cluster", "privilege")

 	idx := 0

@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ func roleClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 1, len(role.Cluster))
-	table.Addheaders("cluster rights")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(1, len(role.Cluster)).
+	    WithHeaders("cluster rights")

 	idx := 0
 	for _, cluster := range role.Cluster {
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ func roleRemoteIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.RemoteIndices))
-	table.Addheaders("remote index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(role.RemoteIndices)).
+	    WithHeaders("remote index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")

 	idx := 0

@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ func roleIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Indices))
-	table.Addheaders("index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(role.Indices)).
+	    WithHeaders("index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")

 	idx := 0

@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ func roleApplications(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Applications))
-	table.Addheaders("application", "privileges", "resources")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(role.Applications)).
+	    WithHeaders("application", "privileges", "resources")

 	idx := 0
 	for _, priv := range role.Applications {
--- a/pkg/es/role_diff.go
+++ b/pkg/es/role_diff.go
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ func RoleDiff(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, role string) error {

 	rows := diffRoles(conf, records, res)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(rows))
-	table.Addheaders("role", "is deployed", "is defined")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(3, len(rows)).
+	    WithHeaders("role", "is deployed", "is defined")

 	for idx, row := range rows {
 		deployed := printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "deployed")
--- a/pkg/es/rollover.go
+++ b/pkg/es/rollover.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func RolloverConditions(conf *cfg.Config) types.RolloverConditionsVariant {
 	}

 	if conf.MaxDocs > 0 {
-		cond.MaxDocs(int64(conf.MaxDocs))
+		cond.MaxDocs(conf.MaxDocs)
 	}

 	if conf.MaxShardSize > 0 {
--- a/pkg/es/searchql.go
+++ b/pkg/es/searchql.go
@@ -64,14 +64,13 @@ func SearchQL(conf *cfg.Config, querystring string) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, len(qlResult.Columns), len(qlResult.Values))
-
 	headers := make([]string, len(qlResult.Columns))
 	for idx, col := range qlResult.Columns {
 		headers[idx] = col.Name
 	}

-	table.Addheaders(headers...)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(len(qlResult.Columns), len(qlResult.Values)).
+		WithHeaders(headers...)

 	table.Entries = qlResult.Values

--- a/pkg/es/shard.go
+++ b/pkg/es/shard.go
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ func printShards(conf *cfg.Config, shardlist shards.Response) error {
 		headers = append(headers, "node", "ip")
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, len(headers), len(shardlist))
-	table.Addheaders(headers...)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(len(headers), len(shardlist)).
+		WithHeaders(headers...)

 	for idx, shard := range shardlist {
 		name := colorzizeShard(conf, *shard.State, *shard.Index)
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ func ShardAllocation(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "explain", res)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 10)
-	table.Addheaders("shard allocation setting", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 10).
+	    WithHeaders("shard allocation setting", "value")

 	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Index", index},
--- a/pkg/es/snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/es/snapshot.go
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ type Snapshot struct {
 }

 func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
-	// get partial indicies
+	// get partial indices
 	ires, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Indices().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indices: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	indicies := map[string]int{}
+	indices := map[string]int{}

 	for _, index := range ires {
 		name := strings.ReplaceAll(*index.Index, "partial-", "")
-		indicies[name] = 1
+		indices[name] = 1
 	}

 	// get snapshots
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshots: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

-	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", sres)
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "indices", sres)

 	snapshots := []*Snapshot{} // original snapshot names

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			Orphaned: "no",
 		})

-		_, exists := indicies[snap.Forindex]
+		_, exists := indices[snap.Forindex]
 		if !exists {
 			snap.Orphaned = "orphaned"
 		}
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(snapshots))
-	table.Addheaders("name", "index", "start", "orphaned", "status")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(5, len(snapshots)).
+	    WithHeaders("name", "index", "start", "orphaned", "status")

 	for idx, snap := range snapshots {
 		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {
 		return errors.New("no snapshot retrieved")
 	}

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 17)
-	table.Addheaders("snapshot property", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(2, 17).
+	    WithHeaders("snapshot property", "value")

 	snap := res.Snapshots[0]

--- a/pkg/es/task.go
+++ b/pkg/es/task.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func TaskList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	slog.Debug("res", "tasks", res)

-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 8, len(res))
-	table.Addheaders("task id", "action", "start time", "run time", "node", "type")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf).WithSize(6, len(res)).
+	    WithHeaders("task id", "action", "start time", "run time", "node", "type")

 	for idx, task := range res {
 		var ts time.Time
--- a/pkg/printer/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/builder.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,15 +16,15 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 import "strings"

-// a wrapper around strings.Builder for convenience
+// Builder is a wrapper around strings.Builder for convenience
 type Builder struct {
 	strings.Builder
 }

 func (builder *Builder) WriteStringLine(in string) {
-	builder.WriteString(in + "\n")
+	builder.WriteString(in)
+	builder.WriteString("\n")
 }
--- a/pkg/printer/bytes.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/bytes.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,10 +16,11 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 import "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"

+// ByteSize converts uint64 bytes into human readable size
+// e.g. 1500 => 1.5kb
 type ByteSize struct {
 	size uint64
 }
--- a/pkg/printer/cast.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/cast.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )

-func any2string(in any) string {
+// stringer returns  the string  representation of different  types of
+// values
+func stringer(cell any) string {
 	//nolint:gocritic
-	switch val := in.(type) {
+	switch val := cell.(type) {
 	case string:
 		return val
 	case bool:
@@ -54,52 +57,27 @@ func any2string(in any) string {
 		return string(val)
 	case nil:
 		return "null"
-	case types.Percentage, types.DateTime:
-		return val.(string)
-	}
+	case *types.Float64:
+		// ignore err here, because types.Float64.MarshalJSON() never returns one
+		f, _ := val.MarshalJSON()

-	return ""
+		return string(f)
+	default:
+		// Caution: this may cause a  panic if the [unknown] type does
+		// not implement  fmt.Stringer. In this case  add another case
+		// to the type switch for it above.
+		return cell.(fmt.Stringer).String()
+	}
 }

-func (data *Table) preprocessRows() {
-	if data.processed {
-		// only do it once
-		return
+// visibleLen returns the  length of a string but  only visible chars,
+// w/o ansi color escapes
+func visibleLen(word string) int {
+	if !strings.Contains(word, "\x1b") {
+		// no ansi escape in there, use faster method
+		return len(word)
 	}

-	// convert entries to strings
-	data.rows = make([][]string, len(data.Entries))
-	for rowidx, entries := range data.Entries {
-		data.rows[rowidx] = make([]string, len(entries))
-
-		for colidx, entry := range data.Entries[rowidx] {
-			data.rows[rowidx][colidx] = any2string(entry)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// determine header lenght's
-	for idx, head := range data.Headers {
-		data.lenHeaders[idx] = visibleLen(head)
-	}
-
-	// determine max width per column
-	for _, entries := range data.rows {
-		currentWidth := 0
-
-		for idx, entry := range entries {
-			length := visibleLen(entry)
-
-			if data.lenHeaders[idx] < length {
-				if length > currentWidth+data.maxwidth {
-					data.lenHeaders[idx] = data.maxwidth - currentWidth
-				} else {
-					data.lenHeaders[idx] = length
-				}
-			}
-
-			currentWidth += data.lenHeaders[idx]
-		}
-	}
-
-	data.processed = true
+	// contains escapes, need to clean up before counting
+	return len(ansiCtrlSeq.ReplaceAllLiteralString(word, ""))
 }
--- a/pkg/printer/color.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/color.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -15,11 +17,12 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

-package printer
-
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 )

 var (
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@ var (
 )

 func Colorize(conf *cfg.Config, col, what string) string {
+	if !isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) {
+		return what
+	}
+
 	switch conf.Output {
 	case "json", "yaml":
 		return what
@@ -49,3 +56,11 @@ func Colorize(conf *cfg.Config, col, what string) string {

 	return what
 }
+
+func Bold(what string) string {
+	if !isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) {
+		return what
+	}
+
+	return bold(what)
+}
--- a/pkg/printer/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/doc.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 import (
 	"fmt"
--- a/pkg/printer/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package printer
+
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime/metrics"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func printGoRoutineMetrics() {
+	fmt.Println("\nGoroutine metrics:")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines-created:goroutines", "Created")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines:goroutines", "Live")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/not-in-go:goroutines", "Syscall/CGO")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/runnable:goroutines", "Runnable")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/running:goroutines", "Running")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/waiting:goroutines", "Waiting")
+
+	fmt.Println("Thread metrics:")
+	printMetric("/sched/gomaxprocs:threads", "Max")
+	printMetric("/sched/threads/total:threads", "Live")
+}
+
+func printMetric(name string, descr string) {
+	sample := []metrics.Sample{{Name: name}}
+	metrics.Read(sample)
+
+	var val string
+
+	switch sample[0].Value.Kind() {
+	case metrics.KindFloat64, metrics.KindFloat64Histogram:
+		val = fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", sample[0].Value.Float64())
+	case metrics.KindUint64:
+		val = strconv.FormatUint(sample[0].Value.Uint64(), 10)
+	case metrics.KindBad:
+		val = "n/a"
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("  %s: %v\n", descr, val)
+}
--- a/pkg/printer/pager.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/pager.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 // pager setup using bubbletea
 // file shamlelessly copied from:
--- a/pkg/printer/table.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/table.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package printer
+
 /*
 Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein

@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-package printer

 import (
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -25,17 +26,23 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
-	"github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )

+var (
+	// ansiCtrlSeq is  being used to remove ANSI  control sequences so
+	// that we can properly determine string lenght's
+	ansiCtrlSeq = regexp.MustCompile(`\033.[0-9;]+m`)
+)
+
+// Table stores tabular data for printing
 type Table struct {
 	Mode       string   // tsv, json, yaml
-	Headers    []string
-	RawHeaders []string
-	Entries    [][]any
+	Headers    []string // colored headers
+	RawHeaders []string // plain string headers
+	Entries    [][]any  // rows of cells as fed in by pkg/es

-	rows            [][]string // representation used for printing
+	rows            [][]string // representation used for printing, cells are stringified
 	processed       bool
 	lenHeaders      []int
 	alignInts       bool
@@ -43,73 +50,65 @@ type Table struct {
 	debugGoRoutines bool
 }

-func NewTable(conf *cfg.Config, columns, rows int) *Table {
-	table := new(Table{
+// NewTable returns a new empty table object with unaligned storage
+func NewTable(conf *cfg.Config) *Table {
+	return new(Table{
 		Mode:            conf.Output,
 		maxwidth:        cfg.GetTermWidth(),
 		debugGoRoutines: conf.DebugGoRoutines,
+		Headers:         []string{},
+		RawHeaders:      []string{},
+		lenHeaders:      []int{},
+		alignInts:       conf.AlignInts,
 	})
-
-	table.Headers = make([]string, columns)
-	table.RawHeaders = make([]string, columns)
-	table.Entries = make([][]any, rows)
-	table.lenHeaders = make([]int, columns)
-	table.alignInts = conf.AlignInts
-
-	return table
 }

-func NewTableEmpty(conf *cfg.Config) *Table {
-	table := new(Table{
-		Mode:            conf.Output,
-		maxwidth:        cfg.GetTermWidth(),
-		debugGoRoutines: conf.DebugGoRoutines,
-	})
-	table.alignInts = conf.AlignInts
-
-	return table
-}
-
-func (table *Table) WithHeaders(headers ...string) *Table {
-	count := len(headers)
-
-	table.Entries = [][]any{}
-	table.lenHeaders = make([]int, count)
-	table.Headers = make([]string, count)
-	table.RawHeaders = make([]string, count)
-
-	table.Addheaders(headers...)
-
-	return table
-}
-
-func (table *Table) Print() error {
-	var err error
-
-	switch table.Mode {
-	case "json":
-		err = table.PrintJSON()
-	case "yaml":
-		err = table.PrintYAML()
-	case "csv":
-		err = table.PrintCSV()
-	default:
-		err = table.PrintTSV()
+// WithSize configures the dimensions of the table, allocs aligned storage
+func (t *Table) WithSize(columns, rows int) *Table {
+	if columns > 0 {
+		t.Headers = make([]string, columns)
+		t.RawHeaders = make([]string, columns)
+		t.lenHeaders = make([]int, columns)
 	}

-	if table.debugGoRoutines {
+	if rows > 0 {
+		t.Entries = make([][]any, rows)
+	}
+
+	return t
+}
+
+// WithHeaders sets table headers
+func (t *Table) WithHeaders(headers ...string) *Table {
+	count := len(headers)
+
+	return t.WithSize(count, 0).formatHeaders(headers...)
+}
+
+// Print outputs the tabular data according to Table.Mode
+func (t *Table) Print() error {
+	var err error
+
+	switch t.Mode {
+	case "json":
+		err = t.PrintJSON()
+	case "yaml":
+		err = t.PrintYAML()
+	case "csv":
+		err = t.PrintCSV()
+	default:
+		err = t.PrintTSV()
+	}
+
+	if t.debugGoRoutines {
 		printGoRoutineMetrics()
 	}

 	return err
 }

-var (
-	ansiCtrlSeq = regexp.MustCompile(`\033.[0-9;]+m`)
-)
-
-func (table *Table) PrintYAML() error {
-	raw := table.toMap()
+func (t *Table) PrintYAML() error {
+	raw := t.toMap()

 	body, err := yaml.Marshal(raw)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -121,8 +120,8 @@ func (table *Table) PrintYAML() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (table *Table) PrintJSON() error {
-	raw := table.toMap()
+func (t *Table) PrintJSON() error {
+	raw := t.toMap()

 	body, err := json.MarshalIndent(raw, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -134,80 +133,12 @@ func (table *Table) PrintJSON() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (table *Table) PrintTSV() error {
-	// length's, convert cell types
-	table.preprocessRows()
+func (t *Table) PrintCSV() error {
+	t.preprocessRows()

-	// output headers
-	for idx, header := range table.Headers {
-		if idx+1 != len(table.Headers) {
-			fmt.Print(header, strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-visibleLen(header)))
-		} else {
-			// no padding for last header
-			fmt.Print(header)
-		}
+	fmt.Println(strings.Join(t.RawHeaders, ","))

-		if idx < len(table.Headers)-1 {
-			fmt.Print("  ")
-		}
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println()
-
-	for _, entries := range table.rows {
-		currentWidth := 0
-
-		for idx, entry := range entries {
-			length := visibleLen(entry)
-
-			if length+currentWidth > table.maxwidth && table.maxwidth-currentWidth > 1 {
-				// text is too wide to be put into one line, wrap it
-				wrapper := wordwrap.Wrapper(table.maxwidth-currentWidth, false)
-				wrapped := wrapper(entry)
-
-				// and indent it
-				first := true
-				for line := range strings.Lines(wrapped) {
-					if first {
-						entry = line
-						first = false
-					} else {
-						entry += "\n  " + strings.Repeat(" ", currentWidth) + line
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			currentWidth += table.lenHeaders[idx]
-
-			switch {
-			case isInt(entry) && table.alignInts:
-				// align right
-				fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-length), entry)
-			case length < table.lenHeaders[idx] && idx+1 != len(entries):
-				// pad right, if required
-				fmt.Print(entry, strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-length))
-			default:
-				// no padding for last entry
-				fmt.Print(entry)
-			}
-
-			if idx < len(table.Headers)-1 {
-				fmt.Print("  ")
-			}
-		}
-
-		fmt.Println()
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (table *Table) PrintCSV() error {
-	table.preprocessRows()
-
-	fmt.Println(strings.Join(table.RawHeaders, ","))
-
-	for _, entries := range table.rows {
+	for _, entries := range t.rows {
 		row := make([]string, len(entries))

 		for idx, entry := range entries {
@@ -224,69 +155,220 @@ func (table *Table) PrintCSV() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (table *Table) Sort() {
+// Sort tabular data by first column
+func (t *Table) Sort() {
 	// sanity checks
-	if len(table.Entries) == 0 {
+	if len(t.Entries) == 0 {
 		return
 	}

-	table.preprocessRows()
+	t.preprocessRows()

-	sort.Slice(table.rows, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return table.rows[i][0] < table.rows[j][0]
+	sort.Slice(t.rows, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return t.rows[i][0] < t.rows[j][0]
 	})
 }

-func (table *Table) Addheaders(headers ...string) {
-	for idx, header := range headers {
-		switch table.Mode {
-		case "json", "yaml":
-			table.Headers[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(header), " ", "_")
-		default:
-			table.Headers[idx] = bold(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToUpper(header), " ", "-"))
-		}
-
-		table.RawHeaders[idx] = header
-	}
+func (t *Table) AddRow(fields ...any) {
+	t.Entries = append(t.Entries, fields)
 }

-func (table *Table) AddRow(fields ...any) {
-	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, fields)
-}
+func (t *Table) AddRowLate(fields ...any) {
+	t.AddRow(fields)

-func (table *Table) AddRowLate(fields ...any) {
-	table.AddRow(fields)
-
-	if !table.processed {
+	if !t.processed {
 		return
 	}

 	row := make([]string, len(fields))

 	for idx, field := range fields {
-		row[idx] = any2string(field)
+		row[idx] = stringer(field)
 	}

-	table.rows = append(table.rows, row)
+	t.rows = append(t.rows, row)
+}
+
+// PrintTSV is the default printer, it outputs in tab-separated-value format
+func (t *Table) PrintTSV() error {
+	t.preprocessRows()
+	t.printTsvHeaders()
+
+	return t.printTsvRows()
+}
+
+func (t *Table) printTsvRows() error {
+	for _, entries := range t.rows {
+		currentWidth := 0
+		columns := len(entries)
+
+		for idx, entry := range entries {
+			length := visibleLen(entry)
+
+			if length+currentWidth > t.maxwidth &&
+				t.maxwidth-currentWidth > 1 &&
+				idx == columns-1 {
+				//   text is too wide to be put into one line, and
+				// it's the last cell, so wrap it
+				entry = wrap(t.maxwidth-currentWidth, currentWidth+2, entry)
+			}
+
+			currentWidth += t.lenHeaders[idx]
+
+			switch {
+			case isInt(entry) && t.alignInts:
+				// align right
+				fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", t.lenHeaders[idx]-length), entry)
+			case length < t.lenHeaders[idx] && idx+1 != len(entries):
+				// pad right, if required
+				fmt.Print(entry, strings.Repeat(" ", t.lenHeaders[idx]-length))
+			default:
+				// no padding for last entry
+				fmt.Print(entry)
+			}
+
+			if idx < len(t.Headers)-1 {
+				fmt.Print("  ")
+			}
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// printTsvHeaders outputs TSV headers
+func (t *Table) printTsvHeaders() {
+	for idx, header := range t.Headers {
+		if idx+1 != len(t.Headers) {
+			fmt.Print(header, strings.Repeat(" ", t.lenHeaders[idx]-visibleLen(header)))
+		} else {
+			// no padding for last header
+			fmt.Print(header)
+		}
+
+		if idx < len(t.Headers)-1 {
+			fmt.Print("  ")
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+}
+
+// formatHeaders formats header fields according to output mode
+func (t *Table) formatHeaders(headers ...string) *Table {
+	for idx, header := range headers {
+		switch t.Mode {
+		case "json", "yaml":
+			t.Headers[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(header), " ", "_")
+		default:
+			t.Headers[idx] = Bold(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToUpper(header), " ", "-"))
+		}
+
+		t.RawHeaders[idx] = header
+	}
+
+	return t
+}
+
+// Wrap a  text into multiple lines,  first line is not  indented, all
+// further lines will be indented.  Used within Print() to print large
+// cell text.
+func wrap(width, indent int, text string) string {
+	if len(text) <= width {
+		return text
+	}
+
+	wrapped := ""
+	line := ""
+
+	for word := range strings.FieldsSeq(text) {
+		if len(line)+len(word)+1 <= width {
+			// appending word to current line doesn't exceed width
+			if line != "" {
+				line += " "
+			}
+
+			line += word
+		} else {
+			// it exceeds it, so we need to wrap
+			if wrapped == "" {
+				// beginning of output, no indenting here
+				wrapped = line + "\n"
+			} else {
+				// we're in the middle of the text, so add the indent
+				wrapped += strings.Repeat(" ", indent) + line + "\n"
+			}
+
+			// remember the current word for the next round
+			line = word
+		}
+	}
+
+	if line != "" {
+		// last line, no newline needed here
+		wrapped += strings.Repeat(" ", indent) + line
+	}
+
+	return wrapped
 }

 // needed for json and yaml output
-func (table *Table) toMap() []map[string]any {
-	raw := make([]map[string]any, len(table.Entries))
+func (t *Table) toMap() []map[string]any {
+	raw := make([]map[string]any, len(t.Entries))

-	for idx, entries := range table.Entries {
-		raw[idx] = make(map[string]any, len(table.Headers))
+	for idx, entries := range t.Entries {
+		raw[idx] = make(map[string]any, len(t.Headers))
 		for eidx, entry := range entries {
-			raw[idx][table.Headers[eidx]] = entry
+			raw[idx][t.Headers[eidx]] = entry
 		}
 	}

 	return raw
 }

-// return the length of a string but only visible chars, w/o ansi color escapes
-func visibleLen(word string) int {
-	return len(ansiCtrlSeq.ReplaceAllLiteralString(word, ""))
+func (t *Table) preprocessRows() {
+	if t.processed {
+		// only do it once
+		return
+	}
+
+	// convert entries to strings
+	t.rows = make([][]string, len(t.Entries))
+	for rowidx, entries := range t.Entries {
+		t.rows[rowidx] = make([]string, len(entries))
+
+		for colidx, entry := range t.Entries[rowidx] {
+			t.rows[rowidx][colidx] = stringer(entry)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// determine header lenght's
+	for idx, head := range t.Headers {
+		t.lenHeaders[idx] = visibleLen(head)
+	}
+
+	// determine max width per column
+	for _, entries := range t.rows {
+		currentWidth := 0
+
+		for idx, entry := range entries {
+			length := visibleLen(entry)
+
+			if t.lenHeaders[idx] < length {
+				if length > currentWidth+t.maxwidth {
+					t.lenHeaders[idx] = t.maxwidth - currentWidth
+				} else {
+					t.lenHeaders[idx] = length
+				}
+			}
+
+			currentWidth += t.lenHeaders[idx]
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.processed = true
 }

 func isInt(num string) bool {
--- a/t/Makefile
+++ b/t/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: test clean cluster docs search up down delete
+.PHONY: test clean cluster docs search up down delete runenv

 # docker stuff
 up:
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ delete:
 clean-docker: down delete


+runenv: up waitup cluster docs wait
+
 # mosscap esctl stuff
 test: up waitup cluster docs wait search
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Thomas von Dein	2841a94fe5	further table streamlining: work with new table api everywhere	2026-08-09 21:48:03 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	b49153bd38	some refactoring, fix stringer func	2026-08-08 22:39:37 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	a052c70baa	fix cpu percentage element count	2026-08-08 22:39:12 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	35bd685cfe	not needed	2026-08-07 23:00:58 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	ce5d7f51c6	streamline table api	2026-08-07 22:59:33 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	59331fc721	satisfy linter	2026-07-17 10:13:32 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	aba5985a2b	fix too wide tables when in !tty mode	2026-07-17 10:09:05 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	281499166b	fix header count on task ls	2026-07-17 10:08:39 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	744cdcb733	fix word wrapping	2026-07-17 09:52:55 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	6f3ca3243a	fix crash	2026-07-17 08:55:48 +02:00
T. von Dein	522898f187	add index copy (aka reindex), fix typoe indicies to indices (#100 )	2026-07-16 23:21:45 +02:00
T. von Dein	59cdc03ea2	hide ds backend indices as any other hidden indices (#99 )	2026-07-16 21:46:50 +02:00
T. von Dein	d69984b01f	satisfy linter (#98 )	2026-07-15 23:57:02 +02:00
T. von Dein	00c5d79794	use mapmap.Slicer to filter index templates ls and index ls (#96 )	2026-07-15 23:47:19 +02:00
T. von Dein	55a1005857	add index template completion, index pattern filter and name filter (#95 )	2026-07-15 14:52:30 +02:00
T. von Dein	2f13e08536	fix #93 crash index template, check nil ptr (#94 )	2026-07-15 13:54:39 +02:00