fix #32: treat header filters case insensitively

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2025-01-14 08:42:45 +01:00
committed by T.v.Dein
parent 2ae2d2b33d
commit 9f971ed3b9
6 changed files with 72 additions and 12 deletions

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@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-13" "1" "User Commands"
.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-14" "1" "User Commands"
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.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
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@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ We want to see only the \s-1CMD\s0 column and use a regex for this:
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where \*(L"C\*(R" is our regexp which matches \s-1CMD.\s0
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If a column specifier doesn't look like a regular expression, matching
against header fields will be case insensitive. So, if you have a
field with the name \f(CW\*(C`ID\*(C'\fR then these will all match: \f(CW\*(C`\-c id\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\-c
Id\*(C'\fR. The same rule applies to the options \f(CW\*(C`\-T\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-F\*(C'\fR.
.SS "\s-1TRANSPOSE FIELDS USING REGEXPS\s0"
.IX Subsection "TRANSPOSE FIELDS USING REGEXPS"
You can manipulate field contents using regular expressions. You have
@@ -370,6 +375,26 @@ use a regexp containing the \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR character, eg:
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\& |search\-regexp|replace\-string|
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Example:
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\& cat t/testtable2
\& NAME DURATION
\& x 10
\& a 100
\& z 0
\& u 4
\& k 6
\&
\& cat t/testtable2 | tablizer \-T2 \-R \*(Aq/^\ed/4/\*(Aq \-n
\& NAME DURATION
\& x 40
\& a 400
\& z 4
\& u 4
\& k 4
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.SS "\s-1OUTPUT MODES\s0"
.IX Subsection "OUTPUT MODES"
There might be cases when the tabular output of a program is way too