Merge branch 'development'

Separator and fixed #3

Makefile

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GID     = 0
 BRANCH  = $(shell git describe --all | cut -d/ -f2)
 COMMIT  = $(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 BUILD   = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S) 
-VERSION:= $(if $(filter $(BRANCH), development),$(version)-$(BRANCH)-$(COMMIT)-$(BUILD))
+VERSION:= $(if $(filter $(BRANCH), development),$(version)-$(BRANCH)-$(COMMIT)-$(BUILD),$(version))
 
 
 all: $(tool).1 cmd/$(tool).go buildlocal

cmd/root.go

@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ func Execute() {
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&lib.Debug, "debug", "d", false, "Enable debugging")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&lib.NoNumbering, "no-numbering", "n", false, "Disable header numbering")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&lib.NoColor, "no-color", "N", false, "Disable pattern highlighting")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&lib.ShowVersion, "version", "V", false, "Print program version")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&lib.InvertMatch, "invert-match", "v", false, "select non-matching rows")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&ShowManual, "man", "m", false, "Display manual page")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&lib.Separator, "separator", "s", "", "Custom field separator")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&lib.Separator, "separator", "s", lib.DefaultSeparator, "Custom field separator")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&lib.Columns, "columns", "c", "", "Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
 
 	// output flags, only 1 allowed, hidden, since just short cuts

cmd/tablizer.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
           -v, --invert-match       select non-matching rows
           -m, --man                Display manual page
           -n, --no-numbering       Disable header numbering
+          -N, --no-color           Disable pattern highlighting
           -o, --output string      Output mode - one of: orgtbl, markdown, extended, ascii(default)
           -X, --extended           Enable extended output
           -M, --markdown           Enable markdown table output
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
     Many programs generate tabular output. But sometimes you need to
     post-process these tables, you may need to remove one or more columns or
-    you may want to filter for some pattern or you may need the output in
+    you may want to filter for some pattern (See PATTERNS) or you may need
-    another program and need to parse it somehow. Standard unix tools such
+    the output in another program and need to parse it somehow. Standard
-    as awk(1), grep(1) or column(1) may help, but sometimes it's a tedious
+    unix tools such as awk(1), grep(1) or column(1) may help, but sometimes
-    business.
+    it's a tedious business.
 
     Let's take the output of the tool kubectl. It contains cells with
     withespace and they do not separate columns by TAB characters. This is
@@ -70,9 +71,36 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
     The numbering can be suppressed by using the -n option.
 
+    By default, if a pattern has been speficied, matches will be
+    highlighted. You can disable this behavior with the -N option.
+
     Finally the -d option enables debugging output which is mostly usefull
     for the developer.
 
+  PATTERNS
+    You can reduce the rows being displayed by using a regular expression
+    pattern. The regexp is PCRE compatible, refer to the syntax cheat sheet
+    here: <https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax>. If you want to read a
+    more comprehensive documentation about the topic and have perl installed
+    you can read it with:
+
+        perldoc perlre
+
+    Or read it online: <https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>.
+
+    A note on modifiers: the regexp engine used in tablizer uses another
+    modifier syntax:
+
+        (?MODIFIER)
+
+    The most important modifiers are:
+
+    "i" ignore case "m" multiline mode "s" single line mode
+
+    Example for a case insensitve search:
+
+        kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+
   OUTPUT MODES
     There might be cases when the tabular output of a program is way too
     large for your current terminal but you still need to see every column.

go.mod

@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20180818092828-117648cd9897
+	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.2
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.5.0
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46t
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/gookit/color v1.5.2 h1:uLnfXcaFjlrDnQDT+NCBcfhrXqYTx/rcCa6xn01Y8yI=
+github.com/gookit/color v1.5.2/go.mod h1:w8h4bGiHeeBpvQVePTutdbERIUf3oJE5lZ8HM0UgXyg=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSS
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778 h1:QldyIu/L63oPpyvQmHgvgickp1Yw510KJOqX7H24mg8=
+github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778/go.mod h1:2MuV+tbUrU1zIOPMxZ5EncGwgmMJsa+9ucAQZXxsObs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44 h1:Bli41pIlzTzf3KEY06n+xnzK/BESIg2ze4Pgfh/aI8c=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

lib/common.go

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package lib
 
+import (
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
+	//"github.com/xo/terminfo"
+)
+
 var (
 	// command line flags
 	Debug            bool
@@ -25,19 +30,45 @@ var (
 	ShowVersion      bool
 	Columns          string
 	UseColumns       []int
-	Separator       string
+	DefaultSeparator string = `(\s\s+|\t)`
+	Separator        string = `(\s\s+|\t)`
 	OutflagExtended  bool
 	OutflagMarkdown  bool
 	OutflagOrgtable  bool
 	OutflagShell     bool
 	OutputMode       string
 	InvertMatch      bool
+	Pattern          string
+
+	/*
+	 FIXME: make configurable somehow, config file or ENV
+	 see https://github.com/gookit/color will be set by
+	 io.ProcessFiles() according to currently supported
+	 color mode.
+	*/
+	MatchFG string
+	MatchBG string
+	NoColor bool
+
+	// colors to be used per supported color mode
+	Colors = map[color.Level]map[string]string{
+		color.Level16: map[string]string{
+			"bg": "green", "fg": "black",
+		},
+		color.Level256: map[string]string{
+			"bg": "lightGreen", "fg": "black",
+		},
+		color.LevelRgb: map[string]string{
+			// FIXME: maybe use something nicer
+			"bg": "lightGreen", "fg": "black",
+		},
+	}
 
 	// used for validation
 	validOutputmodes = "(orgtbl|markdown|extended|ascii)"
 
 	// main program version
-	Version = "v1.0.5"
+	Version = "v1.0.7"
 
 	// generated  version string, used  by -v contains  lib.Version on
 	//  main  branch,   and  lib.Version-$branch-$lastcommit-$date  on

lib/helpers.go

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -48,8 +50,62 @@ func PrepareColumns() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func numberizeHeaders(data *Tabdata) {
+	// prepare headers: add numbers to headers
+	numberedHeaders := []string{}
+	maxwidth := 0 // start from scratch, so we only look at displayed column widths
+
+	for i, head := range data.headers {
+		headlen := 0
+		if len(Columns) > 0 {
+			// -c specified
+			if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
+				// ignore this one
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		if NoNumbering {
+			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, head)
+			headlen = len(head)
+		} else {
+			numhead := fmt.Sprintf("%s(%d)", head, i+1)
+			headlen = len(numhead)
+			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, numhead)
+		}
+
+		if headlen > maxwidth {
+			maxwidth = headlen
+		}
+	}
+	data.headers = numberedHeaders
+	if data.maxwidthHeader != maxwidth && maxwidth > 0 {
+		data.maxwidthHeader = maxwidth
+	}
+}
+
+func reduceColumns(data *Tabdata) {
+	// exclude columns, if any
+	if len(Columns) > 0 {
+		reducedEntries := [][]string{}
+		reducedEntry := []string{}
+		for _, entry := range data.entries {
+			reducedEntry = nil
+			for i, value := range entry {
+				if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				reducedEntry = append(reducedEntry, value)
+			}
+			reducedEntries = append(reducedEntries, reducedEntry)
+		}
+		data.entries = reducedEntries
+	}
+}
+
 func PrepareModeFlags() error {
 	if len(OutputMode) == 0 {
+		// associate short flags like -X with mode selector
 		switch {
 		case OutflagExtended:
 			OutputMode = "extended"
@@ -89,3 +145,21 @@ func trimRow(row []string) []string {
 
 	return fixedrow
 }
+
+func colorizeData(output string) string {
+	if len(Pattern) > 0 && !NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
+		r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + Pattern + ")")
+		return r.ReplaceAllString(output, "<bg="+MatchBG+";fg="+MatchFG+">$1</>")
+	} else {
+		return output
+	}
+}
+
+func isTerminal(f *os.File) bool {
+	o, _ := f.Stat()
+	if (o.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == os.ModeCharDevice {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}

lib/helpers_test.go

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestPrepareColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"1,2,3", []int{1, 2, 3}, false},
 		{"1,2,", []int{}, true},
+		{"a,b", []int{}, true},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -71,3 +72,46 @@ func TestPrepareColumns(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReduceColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		expect  [][]string
+		columns []int
+	}{
+		{
+			expect:  [][]string{[]string{"a", "b"}},
+			columns: []int{1, 2},
+		},
+		{
+			expect:  [][]string{[]string{"a", "c"}},
+			columns: []int{1, 3},
+		},
+		{
+			expect:  [][]string{[]string{"a"}},
+			columns: []int{1},
+		},
+		{
+			expect:  [][]string{nil},
+			columns: []int{4},
+		},
+	}
+
+	input := [][]string{[]string{"a", "b", "c"}}
+
+	Columns = "y" // used as a flag with len(Columns)...
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("reduce-columns-by-%+v", tt.columns)
+		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
+			UseColumns = tt.columns
+			data := Tabdata{entries: input}
+			reduceColumns(&data)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(data.entries, tt.expect) {
+				t.Errorf("reduceColumns returned invalid data:\ngot: %+v\nexp: %+v", data.entries, tt.expect)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	Columns = "" // reset for other tests
+	UseColumns = nil
+}

lib/io.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ import (
 func ProcessFiles(args []string) error {
 	fds, pattern, err := determineIO(args)
 
+	if !isTerminal(os.Stdout) {
+		color.Disable()
+	} else {
+		level := color.TermColorLevel()
+		MatchFG = Colors[level]["fg"]
+		MatchBG = Colors[level]["bg"]
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -52,6 +61,7 @@ func determineIO(args []string) ([]io.Reader, string, error) {
 			// first  one is  not a  file, consider  it as  regexp and
 			// shift arg list
 			pattern = args[0]
+			Pattern = args[0] // FIXME
 			args = args[1:]
 		}
 

lib/parser.go

@@ -31,47 +31,34 @@ import (
 type Tabdata struct {
 	maxwidthHeader int      // longest header
 	maxwidthPerCol []int    // max width per column
-	columns        int
+	columns        int      // count
-	headerIndices  []map[string]int // [ {beg=>0, end=>17}, ... ]
 	headers        []string // [ "ID", "NAME", ...]
 	entries        [][]string
 }
 
 /*
-   Parse tabular input. We split the  header (first line) by 2 or more
+   Parse tabular input.
-   spaces, remember the positions of  the header fields. We then split
-   the data (everything after the first line) by those positions. That
-   way we can turn "tabular data" (with fields containing whitespaces)
-   into real tabular data. We re-tabulate our input if you will.
 */
 func parseFile(input io.Reader, pattern string) (Tabdata, error) {
 	data := Tabdata{}
 
 	var scanner *bufio.Scanner
-	var spaces = `\s\s+|$`
-
-	if len(Separator) > 0 {
-		spaces = Separator
-	}
 
 	hadFirst := false
-	spacefinder := regexp.MustCompile(spaces)
+	separate := regexp.MustCompile(Separator)
-	beg := 0
-
-	scanner = bufio.NewScanner(input)
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
-		values := []string{}
-
 	patternR, err := regexp.Compile(pattern)
 	if err != nil {
 		return data, errors.Unwrap(fmt.Errorf("Regexp pattern %s is invalid: %w", pattern, err))
 	}
 
+	scanner = bufio.NewScanner(input)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		parts := separate.Split(line, -1)
+
 		if !hadFirst {
 			// header processing
-			parts := spacefinder.FindAllStringIndex(line, -1)
 			data.columns = len(parts)
 			// if Debug {
 			// 	fmt.Println(parts)
@@ -83,30 +70,14 @@ func parseFile(input io.Reader, pattern string) (Tabdata, error) {
 				// 	fmt.Printf("Part: <%s>\n", string(line[beg:part[0]]))
 				//}
 
-				// current field
-				head := string(line[beg:part[0]])
-
-				// register begin and end of field within line
-				indices := make(map[string]int)
-				indices["beg"] = beg
-				if part[0] == part[1] {
-					indices["end"] = 0
-				} else {
-					indices["end"] = part[1] - 1
-				}
-
 				// register widest header field
-				headerlen := len(head)
+				headerlen := len(part)
 				if headerlen > data.maxwidthHeader {
 					data.maxwidthHeader = headerlen
 				}
 
 				// register fields data
-				data.headerIndices = append(data.headerIndices, indices)
+				data.headers = append(data.headers, strings.TrimSpace(part))
-				data.headers = append(data.headers, head)
-
-				// end of current field == begin of next one
-				beg = part[1]
 
 				// done
 				hadFirst = true
@@ -124,16 +95,9 @@ func parseFile(input io.Reader, pattern string) (Tabdata, error) {
 			}
 
 			idx := 0 // we cannot use the header index, because we could exclude columns
-			for _, index := range data.headerIndices {
+			values := []string{}
-				value := ""
+			for _, part := range parts {
-
+				width := len(strings.TrimSpace(part))
-				if index["end"] == 0 {
-					value = string(line[index["beg"]:])
-				} else {
-					value = string(line[index["beg"]:index["end"]])
-				}
-
-				width := len(strings.TrimSpace(value))
 
 				if len(data.maxwidthPerCol)-1 < idx {
 					data.maxwidthPerCol = append(data.maxwidthPerCol, width)
@@ -146,7 +110,7 @@ func parseFile(input io.Reader, pattern string) (Tabdata, error) {
 				// if Debug {
 				// 	fmt.Printf("<%s> ", value)
 				// }
-				values = append(values, strings.TrimSpace(value))
+				values = append(values, strings.TrimSpace(part))
 
 				idx++
 			}

lib/parser_test.go

@@ -28,40 +28,18 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 	data := Tabdata{
 		maxwidthHeader: 5,
 		maxwidthPerCol: []int{
-			5,
+			5, 5, 8,
-			5,
-			8,
 		},
 		columns: 3,
-		headerIndices: []map[string]int{
-			map[string]int{
-				"beg": 0,
-				"end": 6,
-			},
-			map[string]int{
-				"end": 13,
-				"beg": 7,
-			},
-			map[string]int{
-				"beg": 14,
-				"end": 0,
-			},
-		},
 		headers: []string{
-			"ONE",
+			"ONE", "TWO", "THREE",
-			"TWO",
-			"THREE",
 		},
 		entries: [][]string{
 			[]string{
-				"asd",
+				"asd", "igig", "cxxxncnc",
-				"igig",
-				"cxxxncnc",
 			},
 			[]string{
-				"19191",
+				"19191", "EDD 1", "X",
-				"EDD 1",
-				"X",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -72,13 +50,14 @@ asd    igig   cxxxncnc
 
 	readFd := strings.NewReader(table)
 	gotdata, err := parseFile(readFd, "")
+	Separator = DefaultSeparator
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Parser returned error: %s\nData processed so far: %+v", err, gotdata)
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(data, gotdata) {
-		t.Errorf("Parser returned invalid data\nExp: %+v\nGot: %+v\n", data, gotdata)
+		t.Errorf("Parser returned invalid data, Regex: %s\nExp: %+v\nGot: %+v\n", Separator, data, gotdata)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -91,9 +70,7 @@ func TestParserPatternmatching(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			entries: [][]string{
 				[]string{
-					"asd",
+					"asd", "igig", "cxxxncnc",
-					"igig",
-					"cxxxncnc",
 				},
 			},
 			pattern: "ig",
@@ -102,9 +79,7 @@ func TestParserPatternmatching(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			entries: [][]string{
 				[]string{
-					"19191",
+					"19191", "EDD 1", "X",
-					"EDD 1",
-					"X",
 				},
 			},
 			pattern: "ig",

lib/printer.go

@@ -19,48 +19,17 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
-	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 func printData(data *Tabdata) {
-	// prepare headers: add numbers to headers
+	if OutputMode != "shell" {
-	numberedHeaders := []string{}
+		numberizeHeaders(data)
-	for i, head := range data.headers {
-		if len(Columns) > 0 {
-			// -c specified
-			if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
-				// ignore this one
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-		if NoNumbering {
-			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, head)
-		} else {
-			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, fmt.Sprintf("%s(%d)", head, i+1))
-		}
-	}
-	data.headers = numberedHeaders
-
-	// prepare data
-	if len(Columns) > 0 {
-		reducedEntries := [][]string{}
-		reducedEntry := []string{}
-		for _, entry := range data.entries {
-			reducedEntry = nil
-			for i, value := range entry {
-				if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
-					continue
-				}
-
-				reducedEntry = append(reducedEntry, value)
-			}
-			reducedEntries = append(reducedEntries, reducedEntry)
-		}
-		data.entries = reducedEntries
 	}
+	reduceColumns(data)
 
 	switch OutputMode {
 	case "extended":
@@ -107,14 +76,18 @@ func printOrgmodeData(data *Tabdata) {
 	leftR := regexp.MustCompile("(?m)^\\+")
 	rightR := regexp.MustCompile("\\+(?m)$")
 
-	fmt.Print(rightR.ReplaceAllString(leftR.ReplaceAllString(tableString.String(), "|"), "|"))
+	color.Print(
+		colorizeData(
+			rightR.ReplaceAllString(
+				leftR.ReplaceAllString(tableString.String(), "|"), "|")))
 }
 
 /*
    Markdown table
 */
 func printMarkdownData(data *Tabdata) {
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(tableString)
 
 	table.SetHeader(data.headers)
 
@@ -126,13 +99,15 @@ func printMarkdownData(data *Tabdata) {
 	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
 
 	table.Render()
+	color.Print(colorizeData(tableString.String()))
 }
 
 /*
    Simple ASCII table without any borders etc, just like the input we expect
 */
 func printAsciiData(data *Tabdata) {
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(tableString)
 
 	table.SetHeader(data.headers)
 	table.AppendBulk(data.entries)
@@ -154,6 +129,7 @@ func printAsciiData(data *Tabdata) {
 	table.SetNoWhiteSpace(true)
 
 	table.Render()
+	color.Print(colorizeData(tableString.String()))
 }
 
 /*
@@ -161,22 +137,14 @@ func printAsciiData(data *Tabdata) {
 */
 func printExtendedData(data *Tabdata) {
 	// needed for data output
-	format := fmt.Sprintf("%%%ds: %%s\n", data.maxwidthHeader) // FIXME: re-calculate if -c has been set
+	format := fmt.Sprintf("%%%ds: %%s\n", data.maxwidthHeader)
 
 	if len(data.entries) > 0 {
-		var idx int
 		for _, entry := range data.entries {
-			idx = 0
 			for i, value := range entry {
-				if len(Columns) > 0 {
+				color.Printf(format, data.headers[i], value)
-					if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
-						continue
-					}
 			}
 
-				fmt.Printf(format, data.headers[idx], value)
-				idx++
-			}
 			fmt.Println()
 		}
 	}
@@ -190,6 +158,7 @@ func printShellData(data *Tabdata) {
 		var idx int
 		for _, entry := range data.entries {
 			idx = 0
+			shentries := []string{}
 			for i, value := range entry {
 				if len(Columns) > 0 {
 					if !contains(UseColumns, i+1) {
@@ -197,10 +166,10 @@ func printShellData(data *Tabdata) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				fmt.Printf("%s=\"%s\" ", data.headers[idx], value)
+				shentries = append(shentries, fmt.Sprintf("%s=\"%s\"", data.headers[idx], value))
 				idx++
 			}
-			fmt.Println()
+			fmt.Println(strings.Join(shentries, " "))
 		}
 	}
 }

lib/printer_test.go

@@ -18,15 +18,34 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package lib
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestPrinter(t *testing.T) {
-	table := `ONE    TWO    THREE  
+	startdata := Tabdata{
-asd    igig   cxxxncnc  
+		maxwidthHeader: 5,
-19191  EDD 1  X`
+		maxwidthPerCol: []int{
+			5,
+			5,
+			8,
+		},
+		columns: 3,
+		headers: []string{
+			"ONE", "TWO", "THREE",
+		},
+		entries: [][]string{
+			[]string{
+				"asd", "igig", "cxxxncnc",
+			},
+			[]string{
+				"19191", "EDD 1", "X",
+			},
+		},
+	}
 
 	expects := map[string]string{
 		"ascii": `ONE(1)	TWO(2)	THREE(3) 
@@ -42,8 +61,19 @@ asd   	igig  	cxxxncnc
 |--------|--------|----------|
 | asd    | igig   | cxxxncnc |
 |  19191 | EDD 1  | X        |`,
+		"shell": `ONE="asd" TWO="igig" THREE="cxxxncnc"
+ONE="19191" TWO="EDD 1" THREE="X"`,
+		"extended": `ONE(1): asd
+  TWO(2): igig
+THREE(3): cxxxncnc
+
+  ONE(1): 19191
+  TWO(2): EDD 1
+THREE(3): X`,
 	}
 
+	NoColor = true
+
 	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -51,15 +81,15 @@ asd   	igig  	cxxxncnc
 	origStdout := os.Stdout
 	os.Stdout = w
 
+	// we need to tell the color mode the io.Writer, even if we don't usw colorization
+	color.SetOutput(w)
+
 	for mode, expect := range expects {
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("print-%s", mode)
+		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
+
 			OutputMode = mode
-		fd := strings.NewReader(table)
+			data := startdata // we need to reset our mock data, since it's being modified in printData()
-		data, err := parseFile(fd, "")
-
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Parser returned error: %s\nData processed so far: %+v", err, data)
-		}
-
 			printData(&data)
 
 			buf := make([]byte, 1024)
@@ -73,6 +103,7 @@ asd   	igig  	cxxxncnc
 			if output != expect {
 				t.Errorf("output mode: %s, got:\n%s\nwant:\n%s\n (%d <=> %d)", mode, output, expect, len(output), len(expect))
 			}
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Restore

tablizer.1

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2022-10-05" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2022-10-10" "1" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 \&      \-v, \-\-invert\-match       select non\-matching rows
 \&      \-m, \-\-man                Display manual page
 \&      \-n, \-\-no\-numbering       Disable header numbering
+\&      \-N, \-\-no\-color           Disable pattern highlighting
 \&      \-o, \-\-output string      Output mode \- one of: orgtbl, markdown, extended, ascii(default)
 \&      \-X, \-\-extended           Enable extended output
 \&      \-M, \-\-markdown           Enable markdown table output
@@ -164,10 +165,10 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
 Many  programs generate  tabular output.   But sometimes  you need  to
 post-process these tables, you may need  to remove one or more columns
-or you may want to filter for  some pattern or you may need the output
+or you  may want to filter  for some pattern (See  \s-1PATTERNS\s0) or you
-in another program and need to  parse it somehow.  Standard unix tools
+may need the  output in another program and need  to parse it somehow.
-such as  \fBawk\fR\|(1), \fBgrep\fR\|(1) or \fBcolumn\fR\|(1)  may help, but sometimes  it's a
+Standard unix tools such as \fBawk\fR\|(1), \fBgrep\fR\|(1) or \fBcolumn\fR\|(1) may help, but
-tedious business.
+sometimes it's a tedious business.
 .PP
 Let's take  the output of  the tool  kubectl.  It contains  cells with
 withespace and they do not separate columns by \s-1TAB\s0 characters. This is
@@ -218,8 +219,43 @@ the original order.
 .PP
 The numbering can be suppressed by using the \fB\-n\fR option.
 .PP
+By  default, if  a  \fBpattern\fR  has been  speficied,  matches will  be
+highlighted. You can disable this behavior with the \fB\-N\fR option.
+.PP
 Finally the  \fB\-d\fR option  enables debugging  output which  is mostly
 usefull for the developer.
+.SS "\s-1PATTERNS\s0"
+.IX Subsection "PATTERNS"
+You can reduce the rows being  displayed by using a regular expression
+pattern.  The  regexp is  \s-1PCRE\s0 compatible, refer  to the  syntax cheat
+sheet here: <https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax>.  If you want
+to read  a more comprehensive  documentation about the topic  and have
+perl installed you can read it with:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    perldoc perlre
+.Ve
+.PP
+Or read it online: <https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>.
+.PP
+A note on  modifiers: the regexp engine used in  tablizer uses another
+modifier syntax:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    (?MODIFIER)
+.Ve
+.PP
+The most important modifiers are:
+.PP
+\&\f(CW\*(C`i\*(C'\fR ignore case
+\&\f(CW\*(C`m\*(C'\fR multiline mode
+\&\f(CW\*(C`s\*(C'\fR single line mode
+.PP
+Example for a case insensitve search:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    kubectl get pods \-A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+.Ve
 .SS "\s-1OUTPUT MODES\s0"
 .IX Subsection "OUTPUT MODES"
 There might be cases  when the tabular output of a  program is way too

tablizer.pod

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
       -v, --invert-match       select non-matching rows
       -m, --man                Display manual page
       -n, --no-numbering       Disable header numbering
+      -N, --no-color           Disable pattern highlighting
       -o, --output string      Output mode - one of: orgtbl, markdown, extended, ascii(default)
       -X, --extended           Enable extended output
       -M, --markdown           Enable markdown table output
@@ -26,10 +27,10 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 
 Many  programs generate  tabular output.   But sometimes  you need  to
 post-process these tables, you may need  to remove one or more columns
-or you may want to filter for  some pattern or you may need the output
+or you  may want to filter  for some pattern (See  L<PATTERNS>) or you
-in another program and need to  parse it somehow.  Standard unix tools
+may need the  output in another program and need  to parse it somehow.
-such as  awk(1), grep(1) or column(1)  may help, but sometimes  it's a
+Standard unix tools such as awk(1), grep(1) or column(1) may help, but
-tedious business.
+sometimes it's a tedious business.
 
 Let's take  the output of  the tool  kubectl.  It contains  cells with
 withespace and they do not separate columns by TAB characters. This is
@@ -74,9 +75,40 @@ the original order.
 
 The numbering can be suppressed by using the B<-n> option.
 
+By  default, if  a  B<pattern>  has been  speficied,  matches will  be
+highlighted. You can disable this behavior with the B<-N> option.
+
 Finally the  B<-d> option  enables debugging  output which  is mostly
 usefull for the developer.
 
+=head2 PATTERNS
+
+You can reduce the rows being  displayed by using a regular expression
+pattern.  The  regexp is  PCRE compatible, refer  to the  syntax cheat
+sheet here: L<https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax>.  If you want
+to read  a more comprehensive  documentation about the topic  and have
+perl installed you can read it with:
+
+    perldoc perlre
+
+Or read it online: L<https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>.
+
+A note on  modifiers: the regexp engine used in  tablizer uses another
+modifier syntax:
+
+    (?MODIFIER)
+
+The most important modifiers are:
+
+C<i> ignore case
+C<m> multiline mode
+C<s> single line mode
+
+Example for a case insensitve search:
+
+    kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+
+
 =head2 OUTPUT MODES
 
 There might be cases  when the tabular output of a  program is way too