optimize ascii tables, use custom style instead of tab inserters (#53 )

* optimize ascii tables, use custom style instead of tab inserters
Update to tableWriter 1.0.6 (#50 )
2025-12-18 21:11:03 +01:00 · 2025-06-10 16:12:03 +02:00 · 2025-05-27 13:09:18 +02:00 · 2025-03-06 17:28:42 +01:00 · 2025-03-06 17:25:54 +01:00 · 2025-03-06 17:24:16 +01:00
31 changed files with 1117 additions and 385 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ jobs:
  build:
    strategy:
      matrix:
-        version: ['1.22']
-        # windows-latest removed, see:
-        # https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/issues/284
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        version: ['1.23']
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    name: Build
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
-          go-version: 1.22
+          go-version: 1.23
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+name: build-release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Build Release Assets
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.22.11
+
+      - name: Build the executables
+        run: ./mkrel.sh tablizer ${{ github.ref_name}}
+
+      - name: List the executables
+        run: ls -l ./releases
+
+      - name: Upload the binaries
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
+        with:
+          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          file: ./releases/*
+          file_glob: true
+
+      - name: Build Changelog
+        id: github_release
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          mode: "PR"
+          configurationJson: |
+            {
+              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}\n\n**Full Changelog**: #{{RELEASE_DIFF}}",
+              "pr_template": "- #{{TITLE}} (##{{NUMBER}}) by #{{AUTHOR}}\n#{{BODY}}",
+              "empty_template": "- no changes",
+              "categories": [
+                {
+                    "title": "## New Features",
+                    "labels": ["add", "feature"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Bug Fixes",
+                    "labels": ["fix", "bug", "revert"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Documentation Enhancements",
+                    "labels": ["doc"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Refactoring Efforts",
+                    "labels": ["refactor"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Miscellaneus Changes",
+                    "labels": []
+                }
+              ],
+              "ignore_labels": [
+                 "duplicate", "good first issue", "help wanted", "invalid", "question", "wontfix"
+              ],
+              "label_extractor": [
+                 {
+                    "pattern": "(.) (.+)",
+                    "target": "$1"
+                 },
+                 {
+                    "pattern": "(.) (.+)",
+                    "target": "$1",
+                    "on_property": "title"
+                 }
+              ]
+            }
+    
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          body: ${{steps.github_release.outputs.changelog}}
--- a/7
+++ b/7
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ buildlocal:
 	go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg.VERSION=$(VERSION)'"

 release:
-	./mkrel.sh $(tool) $(version)
-	gh release create $(version) --generate-notes releases/*
+	gh release create $(version) --generate-notes

 install: buildlocal
 	install -d -o $(UID) -g $(GID) $(PREFIX)/bin
@@ -65,12 +64,12 @@ install: buildlocal
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(tool) releases coverage.out

-test:
+test: clean
 	go test ./... $(OPTS)

 singletest:
 	@echo "Call like this: 'make singletest TEST=TestPrepareColumns MOD=lib'"
-	go test -run $(TEST) github.com/tlinden/tablizer/$(MOD)
+	go test -run $(TEST) github.com/tlinden/tablizer/$(MOD) $(OPTS)

 cover-report:
 	go test ./... -cover -coverprofile=coverage.out
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Operational Flags:
  -s, --separator string            Custom field separator
  -k, --sort-by int                 Sort by column (default: 1)
  -z, --fuzzy                       Use fuzzy search [experimental]
-  -F, --filter field=reg            Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
+  -F, --filter field[!]=reg         Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
  -T, --transpose-columns string    Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
  -R, --regex-transposer /from/to/  Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
  -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
  -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
  -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+  -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                    space separated

 Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
  -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2024 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2025 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
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )

 const DefaultSeparator string = `(\s\s+|\t)`
-const Version string = "v1.3.0"
+const Version string = "v1.4.3"
 const MAXPARTS = 2

 var DefaultConfigfile = os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/tablizer/config"
@@ -52,24 +52,37 @@ type Transposer struct {
 	Replace string
 }

+type Pattern struct {
+	Pattern   string
+	PatternRe *regexp.Regexp
+	Negate    bool
+}
+
+type Filter struct {
+	Regex  *regexp.Regexp
+	Negate bool
+}
+
 // internal config
 type Config struct {
 	Debug          bool
-	NoNumbering    bool
+	Numbering      bool
 	NoHeaders      bool
 	Columns        string
 	UseColumns     []int
+	YankColumns    string
+	UseYankColumns []int
 	Separator      string
 	OutputMode     int
 	InvertMatch    bool
-	Pattern        string
-	PatternR       *regexp.Regexp
+	Patterns       []*Pattern
 	UseFuzzySearch bool
 	UseHighlight   bool

-	SortMode       string
-	SortDescending bool
-	SortByColumn   int
+	SortMode        string
+	SortDescending  bool
+	SortByColumn    string // 1,2
+	UseSortByColumn []int  // []int{1,2}

 	TransposeColumns    string       // 1,2
 	UseTransposeColumns []int        // []int{1,2}
@@ -94,7 +107,7 @@ type Config struct {

 	// used for field filtering
 	Rawfilters []string
-	Filters    map[string]*regexp.Regexp
+	Filters    map[string]Filter //map[string]*regexp.Regexp

 	// -r <file>
 	InputFile string
@@ -264,12 +277,20 @@ func (conf *Config) PrepareModeFlags(flag Modeflag) {
 }

 func (conf *Config) PrepareFilters() error {
-	conf.Filters = make(map[string]*regexp.Regexp, len(conf.Rawfilters))
+	conf.Filters = make(map[string]Filter, len(conf.Rawfilters))

-	for _, filter := range conf.Rawfilters {
-		parts := strings.Split(filter, "=")
+	for _, rawfilter := range conf.Rawfilters {
+		filter := Filter{}
+
+		parts := strings.Split(rawfilter, "!=")
 		if len(parts) != MAXPARTS {
-			return errors.New("filter field and value must be separated by =")
+			parts = strings.Split(rawfilter, "=")
+
+			if len(parts) != MAXPARTS {
+				return errors.New("filter field and value must be separated by '=' or '!='")
+			}
+		} else {
+			filter.Negate = true
 		}

 		reg, err := regexp.Compile(parts[1])
@@ -278,7 +299,8 @@ func (conf *Config) PrepareFilters() error {
 				parts[0], err)
 		}

-		conf.Filters[strings.ToLower(strings.ToLower(parts[0]))] = reg
+		filter.Regex = reg
+		conf.Filters[strings.ToLower(parts[0])] = filter
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -310,10 +332,10 @@ func (conf *Config) PrepareTransposers() error {
 func (conf *Config) CheckEnv() {
 	// check for environment vars, command line flags have precedence,
 	// NO_COLOR is being checked by the color module itself.
-	if !conf.NoNumbering {
-		_, set := os.LookupEnv("T_NO_HEADER_NUMBERING")
+	if !conf.Numbering {
+		_, set := os.LookupEnv("T_HEADER_NUMBERING")
 		if set {
-			conf.NoNumbering = true
+			conf.Numbering = true
 		}
 	}

@@ -328,19 +350,41 @@ func (conf *Config) CheckEnv() {
 func (conf *Config) ApplyDefaults() {
 	// mode specific defaults
 	if conf.OutputMode == Yaml || conf.OutputMode == CSV {
-		conf.NoNumbering = true
+		conf.Numbering = false
 	}
 }

-func (conf *Config) PreparePattern(pattern string) error {
-	PatternR, err := regexp.Compile(pattern)
+func (conf *Config) PreparePattern(patterns []*Pattern) error {
+	// regex checks if a pattern looks like /$pattern/[i!]
+	flagre := regexp.MustCompile(`^/(.*)/([i!]*)$`)

-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("regexp pattern %s is invalid: %w", conf.Pattern, err)
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		matches := flagre.FindAllStringSubmatch(pattern.Pattern, -1)
+
+		// we have a regex with flags
+		for _, match := range matches {
+			pattern.Pattern = match[1] // the inner part is our actual pattern
+			flags := match[2]          // the flags
+
+			for _, flag := range flags {
+				switch flag {
+				case 'i':
+					pattern.Pattern = `(?i)` + pattern.Pattern
+				case '!':
+					pattern.Negate = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		PatternRe, err := regexp.Compile(pattern.Pattern)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("regexp pattern %s is invalid: %w", pattern.Pattern, err)
+		}
+
+		pattern.PatternRe = PatternRe
 	}

-	conf.PatternR = PatternR
-	conf.Pattern = pattern
+	conf.Patterns = patterns

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cfg/config_test.go
+++ b/cfg/config_test.go
@@ -79,20 +79,55 @@ func TestPrepareSortFlags(t *testing.T) {

 func TestPreparePattern(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
-		pattern string
-		wanterr bool
+		patterns  []*Pattern
+		name      string
+		wanterr   bool
+		wanticase bool
+		wantneg   bool
 	}{
-		{"[A-Z]+", false},
-		{"[a-z", true},
+		{
+			[]*Pattern{{Pattern: "[A-Z]+"}},
+			"simple",
+			false,
+			false,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]*Pattern{{Pattern: "[a-z"}},
+			"regfail",
+			true,
+			false,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]*Pattern{{Pattern: "/[A-Z]+/i"}},
+			"icase",
+			false,
+			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			[]*Pattern{{Pattern: "/[A-Z]+/!"}},
+			"negate",
+			false,
+			false,
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			[]*Pattern{{Pattern: "/[A-Z]+/!i"}},
+			"negicase",
+			false,
+			true,
+			true,
+		},
 	}

 	for _, testdata := range tests {
-		testname := fmt.Sprintf("PreparePattern-pattern-%s-wanterr-%t",
-			testdata.pattern, testdata.wanterr)
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("PreparePattern-pattern-%s-wanterr-%t", testdata.name, testdata.wanterr)
 		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
 			conf := Config{}

-			err := conf.PreparePattern(testdata.pattern)
+			err := conf.PreparePattern(testdata.patterns)

 			if err != nil {
 				if !testdata.wanterr {
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2024 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2025 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
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func Execute() {
 	// options
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&conf.Debug, "debug", "d", false,
 		"Enable debugging")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&conf.NoNumbering, "no-numbering", "n", false,
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&conf.Numbering, "numbering", "n", false,
 		"Disable header numbering")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&conf.NoHeaders, "no-headers", "H", false,
 		"Disable header display")
@@ -147,11 +147,13 @@ func Execute() {
 		"Custom field separator")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Columns, "columns", "c", "",
 		"Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.YankColumns, "yank-columns", "y", "",
+		"Yank the speficied columns (separated by ,) to the clipboard")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.TransposeColumns, "transpose-columns", "T", "",
 		"Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)")

 	// sort options
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&conf.SortByColumn, "sort-by", "k", 0,
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.SortByColumn, "sort-by", "k", "",
 		"Sort by column (default: 1)")

 	// sort mode, only 1 allowed
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ func Execute() {

 	// filters
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&conf.Rawfilters,
-		"filter", "F", nil, "Filter by field (field=regexp)")
+		"filter", "F", nil, "Filter by field (field=regexp || field!=regexp)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&conf.Transposers,
 		"regex-transposer", "R", nil, "apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T")

--- a/cmd/tablizer.go
+++ b/cmd/tablizer.go
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ NAME

 SYNOPSIS
        Usage:
-          tablizer [regex] [file, ...] [flags]
+          tablizer [regex,...] [file, ...] [flags]
    
        Operational Flags:
          -c, --columns string              Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)
          -v, --invert-match                select non-matching rows
-          -n, --no-numbering                Disable header numbering
+          -n, --numbering                   Enable header numbering
          -N, --no-color                    Disable pattern highlighting
          -H, --no-headers                  Disable headers display
          -s, --separator string            Custom field separator
-          -k, --sort-by int                 Sort by column (default: 1)
+          -k, --sort-by int|name            Sort by column (default: 1)
          -z, --fuzzy                       Use fuzzy search [experimental]
-          -F, --filter field=reg            Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
+          -F, --filter field[!]=reg         Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
          -T, --transpose-columns string    Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
          -R, --regex-transposer /from/to/  Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
          -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
          -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
          -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+          -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                            space separated

        Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
          -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -103,10 +105,19 @@ DESCRIPTION
    highlighted. You can disable this behavior with the -N option.

    Use the -k option to specify by which column to sort the tabular data
-    (as in GNU sort(1)). The default sort column is the first one. To
-    disable sorting at all, supply 0 (Zero) to -k. The default sort order is
-    ascending. You can change this to descending order using the option -D.
-    The default sort order is by string, but there are other sort modes:
+    (as in GNU sort(1)). The default sort column is the first one. You can
+    specify column numbers or names. Column numbers start with 1, names are
+    case insensitive. You can specify multiple columns separated by comma to
+    sort, but the type must be the same. For example if you want to sort
+    numerically, all columns must be numbers. If you use column numbers,
+    then be aware, that these are the numbers before column extraction. For
+    example if you have a table with 4 columns and specify "-c4", then only
+    1 column (the fourth) will be printed, however if you want to sort by
+    this column, you'll have to specify "-k4".
+
+    The default sort order is ascending. You can change this to descending
+    order using the option -D. The default sort order is by alphanumeric
+    string, but there are other sort modes:

    -a --sort-age
        Sorts duration strings like "1d4h32m51s".
@@ -121,30 +132,43 @@ DESCRIPTION
    for the developer.

  PATTERNS AND FILTERING
-    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:
+    You can reduce the rows being displayed by using one or more regular
+    expression patterns. The regexp language being used is the one of
+    GOLANG, refer to the syntax cheat sheet here:
+    <https://pkg.go.dev/regexp/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>.
+    Or read it online: <https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>. But please note
+    that the GO regexp engine does NOT support all perl regex terms,
+    especially look-ahead and look-behind.

-    A note on modifiers: the regexp engine used in tablizer uses another
-    modifier syntax:
+    If you want to supply flags to a regex, then surround it with slashes
+    and append the flag. The following flags are supported:

-        (?MODIFIER)
-
-    The most important modifiers are:
-
-    "i" ignore case "m" multiline mode "s" single line mode
+        i => case insensitive
+        ! => negative match

    Example for a case insensitive search:

-        kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+        kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"

-    You can use the experimental fuzzy search feature by providing the
+    If you use the "!" flag, then the regex match will be negated, that is,
+    if a line in the input matches the given regex, but "!" is supplied,
+    tablizer will NOT include it in the output.
+
+    For example, here we want to get all lines matching "foo" but not "bar":
+
+        cat table | tablizer foo '/bar/!'
+
+    This would match a line "foo zorro" but not "foo bar".
+
+    The flags can also be combined.
+
+    You can also use the experimental fuzzy search feature by providing the
    option -z, in which case the pattern is regarded as a fuzzy search term,
    not a regexp.

@@ -159,6 +183,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
    If you specify more than one filter, both filters have to match (AND
    operation).

+    These field filters can also be negated:
+
+        fieldname!=regexp
+
    If the option -v is specified, the filtering is inverted.

  COLUMNS
@@ -258,12 +286,24 @@ DESCRIPTION
    markdown which prints a Markdown table, yaml, which prints yaml encoding
    and CSV mode, which prints a comma separated value file.

+  PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD
+    You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option "-y".
+    This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering yields
+    just one row. For example:
+
+        cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer -yid matchbox
+
+    If "matchbox" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+    that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+    multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard separated
+    by one space.
+
  ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
    tablizer supports certain environment variables which use can use to
    influence program behavior. Commandline flags have always precedence
    over environment variables.

-    <T_NO_HEADER_NUMBERING> - disable numbering of header fields, like -n.
+    <T_HEADER_NUMBERING> - enable numbering of header fields, like -n.
    <T_COLUMNS> - comma separated list of columns to output, like -c
    <NO_COLORS> - disable colorization of matches, like -N

@@ -383,18 +423,18 @@ AUTHORS
 var usage = `

 Usage:
-  tablizer [regex] [file, ...] [flags]
+  tablizer [regex,...] [file, ...] [flags]

 Operational Flags:
  -c, --columns string              Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)
  -v, --invert-match                select non-matching rows
-  -n, --no-numbering                Disable header numbering
+  -n, --numbering                   Enable header numbering
  -N, --no-color                    Disable pattern highlighting
  -H, --no-headers                  Disable headers display
  -s, --separator string            Custom field separator
-  -k, --sort-by int                 Sort by column (default: 1)
+  -k, --sort-by int|name            Sort by column (default: 1)
  -z, --fuzzy                       Use fuzzy search [experimental]
-  -F, --filter field=reg            Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
+  -F, --filter field[!]=reg         Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
  -T, --transpose-columns string    Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
  -R, --regex-transposer /from/to/  Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T

@@ -407,6 +447,8 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
  -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
  -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
  -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+  -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                    space separated

 Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
  -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/tlinden/tablizer

-go 1.22
+go 1.23.0
+
+toolchain go1.23.5

 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0
@@ -8,9 +10,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.23.0
 	github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.8
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.0.6
+	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
+	github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard v0.1.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )

@@ -18,17 +21,23 @@ require (
 	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
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-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
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-	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0 // indirect
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--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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+golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0/go.mod h1:TPVVj70c7JJ3WCazhD8OdXcZg/og+b9+tH/KxylGwH0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
--- a/lib/filter.go
+++ b/lib/filter.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2024 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2025 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
@@ -27,15 +27,46 @@ import (
 )

 /*
- * [!]Match a  line, use fuzzy  search for normal pattern  strings and
- * regexp otherwise.
- */
+* [!]Match a  line, use fuzzy  search for normal pattern  strings and
+* regexp otherwise.
+
+		'foo bar'  foo, /bar/!  => false => line contains foo and not (not bar)
+	    'foo nix'  foo, /bar/!  => ture  => line contains foo and (not bar)
+		'foo bar'  foo, /bar/   => true  => line contains both foo and bar
+		'foo nix'  foo, /bar/   => false => line does not contain bar
+		'foo bar'  foo, /nix/   => false => line does not contain nix
+*/
 func matchPattern(conf cfg.Config, line string) bool {
-	if conf.UseFuzzySearch {
-		return fuzzy.MatchFold(conf.Pattern, line)
+	if len(conf.Patterns) == 0 {
+		// any line always matches ""
+		return true
 	}

-	return conf.PatternR.MatchString(line)
+	if conf.UseFuzzySearch {
+		// fuzzy search only considers the 1st pattern
+		return fuzzy.MatchFold(conf.Patterns[0].Pattern, line)
+	}
+
+	var match int
+
+	//fmt.Printf("<%s>\n", line)
+	for _, re := range conf.Patterns {
+		patmatch := re.PatternRe.MatchString(line)
+		if re.Negate {
+			// toggle the meaning of match
+			patmatch = !patmatch
+		}
+
+		if patmatch {
+			match++
+		}
+
+		//fmt.Printf("patmatch: %t, match: %d, pattern: %s, negate: %t\n", patmatch, match, re.Pattern, re.Negate)
+	}
+
+	// fmt.Printf("result: %t\n", match == len(conf.Patterns))
+	//fmt.Println()
+	return match == len(conf.Patterns)
 }

 /*
@@ -55,15 +86,19 @@ func FilterByFields(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) (*Tabdata, bool, error) {
 		keep := true

 		for idx, header := range data.headers {
-			if !Exists(conf.Filters, strings.ToLower(header)) {
+			lcheader := strings.ToLower(header)
+			if !Exists(conf.Filters, lcheader) {
 				// do not filter by unspecified field
 				continue
 			}

-			if !conf.Filters[strings.ToLower(header)].MatchString(row[idx]) {
-				// there IS a filter, but it doesn't match
-				keep = false
+			match := conf.Filters[lcheader].Regex.MatchString(row[idx])
+			if conf.Filters[lcheader].Negate {
+				match = !match
+			}

+			if !match {
+				keep = false
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -123,8 +158,11 @@ func Exists[K comparable, V any](m map[K]V, v K) bool {
 	return false
 }

+/*
+ * Filters the whole input lines, returns filtered lines
+ */
 func FilterByPattern(conf cfg.Config, input io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
-	if conf.Pattern == "" {
+	if len(conf.Patterns) == 0 {
 		return input, nil
 	}

@@ -136,7 +174,7 @@ func FilterByPattern(conf cfg.Config, input io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
 		if hadFirst {
 			// don't match 1st line, it's the header
-			if conf.Pattern != "" && matchPattern(conf, line) == conf.InvertMatch {
+			if matchPattern(conf, line) == conf.InvertMatch {
 				// by default  -v is false, so if a  line does NOT
 				// match the pattern, we will ignore it. However,
 				// if the user specified -v, the matching is inverted,
--- a/lib/filter_test.go
+++ b/lib/filter_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2024 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2024-2025 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
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ import (

 func TestMatchPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	var input = []struct {
-		name    string
-		fuzzy   bool
-		pattern string
-		line    string
+		name     string
+		fuzzy    bool
+		patterns []*cfg.Pattern
+		line     string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:    "normal",
-			pattern: "haus",
-			line:    "hausparty",
+			name:     "normal",
+			patterns: []*cfg.Pattern{{Pattern: "haus"}},
+			line:     "hausparty",
 		},
 		{
-			name:    "fuzzy",
-			pattern: "hpt",
-			line:    "haus-party-termin",
-			fuzzy:   true,
+			name:     "fuzzy",
+			patterns: []*cfg.Pattern{{Pattern: "hpt"}},
+			line:     "haus-party-termin",
+			fuzzy:    true,
 		},
 	}

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestMatchPattern(t *testing.T) {
 				conf.UseFuzzySearch = true
 			}

-			err := conf.PreparePattern(inputdata.pattern)
+			err := conf.PreparePattern(inputdata.patterns)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("PreparePattern returned error: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ func TestFilterByFields(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},

+		{
+			name:   "one-field-negative",
+			filter: []string{"one!=asd"},
+			expect: Tabdata{
+				headers: []string{
+					"ONE", "TWO", "THREE",
+				},
+				entries: [][]string{
+					{"19191", "EDD 1", "x"},
+					{"8d8", "AN 1", "y"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+
 		{
 			name:   "one-field-inverted",
 			filter: []string{"one=19"},
--- a/lib/helpers.go
+++ b/lib/helpers.go
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ func PrepareColumns(conf *cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) error {

 	conf.UseColumns = usecolumns

+	// -y columns
+	useyankcolumns, err := PrepareColumnVars(conf.YankColumns, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	conf.UseYankColumns = useyankcolumns
+
 	return nil
 }

@@ -99,6 +107,19 @@ func PrepareTransposerColumns(conf *cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) error {
 	return nil
 }

+// output option, prepare -k1,2 sort fields
+func PrepareSortColumns(conf *cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) error {
+	// -c columns
+	usecolumns, err := PrepareColumnVars(conf.SortByColumn, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	conf.UseSortByColumn = usecolumns
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func PrepareColumnVars(columns string, data *Tabdata) ([]int, error) {
 	if columns == "" {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -187,13 +208,13 @@ func numberizeAndReduceHeaders(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 			}
 		}

-		if conf.NoNumbering {
-			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, head)
-			headlen = len(head)
-		} else {
+		if conf.Numbering {
 			numhead := fmt.Sprintf("%s(%d)", head, idx+1)
 			headlen = len(numhead)
 			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, numhead)
+		} else {
+			numberedHeaders = append(numberedHeaders, head)
+			headlen = len(head)
 		}

 		if headlen > maxwidth {
@@ -233,17 +254,6 @@ func reduceColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 }

-// FIXME: remove this when we only use Tablewriter and strip in ParseFile()!
-func trimRow(row []string) []string {
-	var fixedrow = make([]string, len(row))
-
-	for idx, cell := range row {
-		fixedrow[idx] = strings.TrimSpace(cell)
-	}
-
-	return fixedrow
-}
-
 // FIXME: refactor this beast!
 func colorizeData(conf cfg.Config, output string) string {
 	switch {
@@ -280,12 +290,20 @@ func colorizeData(conf cfg.Config, output string) string {

 		return colorized

-	case len(conf.Pattern) > 0 && !conf.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout):
-		r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + conf.Pattern + ")")
+	case len(conf.Patterns) > 0 && !conf.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout):
+		out := output

-		return r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(output, func(in string) string {
-			return conf.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
-		})
+		for _, re := range conf.Patterns {
+			if !re.Negate {
+				r := regexp.MustCompile("(" + re.Pattern + ")")
+
+				out = r.ReplaceAllStringFunc(out, func(in string) string {
+					return conf.ColorStyle.Sprint(in)
+				})
+			}
+		}
+
+		return out

 	default:
 		return output
--- a/lib/helpers_test.go
+++ b/lib/helpers_test.go
@@ -216,21 +216,21 @@ func TestNumberizeHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	}

 	var tests = []struct {
-		expect  []string
-		columns []int
-		nonum   bool
+		expect    []string
+		columns   []int
+		numberize bool
 	}{
-		{[]string{"ONE(1)", "TWO(2)", "THREE(3)"}, []int{1, 2, 3}, false},
-		{[]string{"ONE(1)", "TWO(2)"}, []int{1, 2}, false},
-		{[]string{"ONE", "TWO"}, []int{1, 2}, true},
+		{[]string{"ONE(1)", "TWO(2)", "THREE(3)"}, []int{1, 2, 3}, true},
+		{[]string{"ONE(1)", "TWO(2)"}, []int{1, 2}, true},
+		{[]string{"ONE", "TWO"}, []int{1, 2}, false},
 	}

 	for _, testdata := range tests {
 		testname := fmt.Sprintf("numberize-headers-columns-%+v-nonum-%t",
-			testdata.columns, testdata.nonum)
+			testdata.columns, testdata.numberize)

 		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
-			conf := cfg.Config{Columns: "x", UseColumns: testdata.columns, NoNumbering: testdata.nonum}
+			conf := cfg.Config{Columns: "x", UseColumns: testdata.columns, Numbering: testdata.numberize}
 			usedata := data
 			numberizeAndReduceHeaders(conf, &usedata)
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(usedata.headers, testdata.expect) {
--- a/lib/io.go
+++ b/lib/io.go
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ import (
 const RWRR = 0755

 func ProcessFiles(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) error {
-	fd, pattern, err := determineIO(conf, args)
+	fd, patterns, err := determineIO(conf, args)

 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	if err := conf.PreparePattern(pattern); err != nil {
+	if err := conf.PreparePattern(patterns); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func ProcessFiles(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

+	err = PrepareSortColumns(conf, &data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	err = PrepareColumns(conf, &data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -58,9 +63,9 @@ func ProcessFiles(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func determineIO(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) (io.Reader, string, error) {
+func determineIO(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) (io.Reader, []*cfg.Pattern, error) {
 	var filehandle io.Reader
-	var pattern string
+	var patterns []*cfg.Pattern
 	var haveio bool

 	switch {
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ func determineIO(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) (io.Reader, string, error) {
 		fd, err := os.OpenFile(conf.InputFile, os.O_RDONLY, RWRR)

 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read input file %s: %w", conf.InputFile, err)
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read input file %s: %w", conf.InputFile, err)
 		}

 		filehandle = fd
@@ -88,13 +93,15 @@ func determineIO(conf *cfg.Config, args []string) (io.Reader, string, error) {
 	}

 	if len(args) > 0 {
-		pattern = args[0]
-		conf.Pattern = args[0]
+		patterns = make([]*cfg.Pattern, len(args))
+		for i, arg := range args {
+			patterns[i] = &cfg.Pattern{Pattern: arg}
+		}
 	}

 	if !haveio {
-		return nil, "", errors.New("no file specified and nothing to read on stdin")
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("no file specified and nothing to read on stdin")
 	}

-	return filehandle, pattern, nil
+	return filehandle, patterns, nil
 }
--- a/lib/parser.go
+++ b/lib/parser.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func parseTabular(conf cfg.Config, input io.Reader) (Tabdata, error) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			// data processing
-			if conf.Pattern != "" && matchPattern(conf, line) == conf.InvertMatch {
+			if matchPattern(conf, line) == conf.InvertMatch {
 				// by default  -v is false, so if a  line does NOT
 				// match the pattern, we will ignore it. However,
 				// if the user specified -v, the matching is inverted,
--- a/lib/parser_test.go
+++ b/lib/parser_test.go
@@ -83,36 +83,42 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {

 func TestParserPatternmatching(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
-		entries [][]string
-		pattern string
-		invert  bool
-		want    bool
+		name     string
+		entries  [][]string
+		patterns []*cfg.Pattern
+		invert   bool
+		want     bool
 	}{
 		{
+			name: "match",
 			entries: [][]string{
 				{"asd", "igig", "cxxxncnc"},
 			},
-			pattern: "ig",
-			invert:  false,
+			patterns: []*cfg.Pattern{{Pattern: "ig"}},
+			invert:   false,
 		},
 		{
+			name: "invert",
 			entries: [][]string{
 				{"19191", "EDD 1", "X"},
 			},
-			pattern: "ig",
-			invert:  true,
+			patterns: []*cfg.Pattern{{Pattern: "ig"}},
+			invert:   true,
 		},
 	}

 	for _, inputdata := range input {
 		for _, testdata := range tests {
 			testname := fmt.Sprintf("parse-%s-with-pattern-%s-inverted-%t",
-				inputdata.name, testdata.pattern, testdata.invert)
+				inputdata.name, testdata.name, testdata.invert)
 			t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
-				conf := cfg.Config{InvertMatch: testdata.invert, Pattern: testdata.pattern,
-					Separator: inputdata.separator}
+				conf := cfg.Config{
+					InvertMatch: testdata.invert,
+					Patterns:    testdata.patterns,
+					Separator:   inputdata.separator,
+				}

-				_ = conf.PreparePattern(testdata.pattern)
+				_ = conf.PreparePattern(testdata.patterns)

 				readFd := strings.NewReader(strings.TrimSpace(inputdata.text))
 				gotdata, err := Parse(conf, readFd)
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ func TestParserPatternmatching(t *testing.T) {
 				} else {
 					if !reflect.DeepEqual(testdata.entries, gotdata.entries) {
 						t.Errorf("Parser returned invalid data (pattern: %s, invert: %t)\nExp: %+v\nGot: %+v\n",
-							testdata.pattern, testdata.invert, testdata.entries, gotdata.entries)
+							testdata.name, testdata.invert, testdata.entries, gotdata.entries)
 					}
 				}
 			})
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2025 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
@@ -22,26 +22,32 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
 	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )

 func printData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
-	// add numbers to headers and remove this we're not interested in
+	//  Sort   the  data  first,  before   headers+entries  are  being
+	// reduced. That way the user can specify any valid column to sort
+	// by, independently if it's being used for display or not.
+	sortTable(conf, data)
+
+	// put one or more columns into clipboard
+	yankColumns(conf, data)
+
+	// add numbers to headers and remove those we're not interested in
 	numberizeAndReduceHeaders(conf, data)

 	// remove unwanted columns, if any
 	reduceColumns(conf, data)

-	// sort the data
-	sortTable(conf, data)
-
 	switch conf.OutputMode {
 	case cfg.Extended:
 		printExtendedData(writer, conf, data)
@@ -71,36 +77,58 @@ Emacs org-mode compatible table (also orgtbl-mode)
 */
 func printOrgmodeData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(tableString)
+
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
+			renderer.NewBlueprint(
+				tw.Rendition{
+					Borders: tw.Border{
+						Left:   tw.On,
+						Right:  tw.On,
+						Top:    tw.On,
+						Bottom: tw.On,
+					},
+					Settings: tw.Settings{
+						Separators: tw.Separators{
+							ShowHeader:     tw.On,
+							ShowFooter:     tw.Off,
+							BetweenRows:    tw.Off,
+							BetweenColumns: 0,
+						},
+					},
+					Symbols: tw.NewSymbols(tw.StyleASCII),
+				})),
+
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(
+			tablewriter.Config{
+				Header: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment:  tw.AlignLeft,
+						AutoFormat: tw.Off,
+					},
+				},
+				Row: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		),
+	)

 	if !conf.NoHeaders {
-		table.SetHeader(data.headers)
+		table.Header(data.headers)
 	}

-	for _, row := range data.entries {
-		table.Append(trimRow(row))
+	if err := table.Bulk(data.entries); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
 	}

-	table.Render()
+	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
+	}

-	/* fix output for org-mode (orgtbl)
-	   tableWriter output:
-	   +------+------+
-	   | cell | cell |
-	   +------+------+
-
-	   Needed for org-mode compatibility:
-	   |------+------|
-	   | cell | cell |
-	   |------+------|
-	*/
-	leftR := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\\+`)
-	rightR := regexp.MustCompile(`\\+(?m)$`)
-
-	output(writer, color.Sprint(
-		colorizeData(conf,
-			rightR.ReplaceAllString(
-				leftR.ReplaceAllString(tableString.String(), "|"), "|"))))
+	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }

 /*
@@ -108,20 +136,57 @@ Markdown table
 */
 func printMarkdownData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(tableString)
+
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
+			renderer.NewBlueprint(
+				tw.Rendition{
+					Borders: tw.Border{
+						Left:   tw.On,
+						Right:  tw.On,
+						Top:    tw.Off,
+						Bottom: tw.Off,
+					},
+					Settings: tw.Settings{
+						Separators: tw.Separators{
+							ShowHeader:     tw.On,
+							ShowFooter:     tw.Off,
+							BetweenRows:    tw.Off,
+							BetweenColumns: 0,
+						},
+					},
+					Symbols: tw.NewSymbols(tw.StyleMarkdown),
+				})),
+
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(
+			tablewriter.Config{
+				Header: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment:  tw.AlignLeft,
+						AutoFormat: tw.Off,
+					},
+				},
+				Row: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		),
+	)

 	if !conf.NoHeaders {
-		table.SetHeader(data.headers)
+		table.Header(data.headers)
 	}

-	for _, row := range data.entries {
-		table.Append(trimRow(row))
+	if err := table.Bulk(data.entries); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
 	}

-	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
-	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
+	}

-	table.Render()
 	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }

@@ -130,33 +195,55 @@ Simple ASCII table without any borders etc, just like the input we expect
 */
 func printASCIIData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(tableString)
+
+	styleTSV := tw.NewSymbolCustom("space").WithColumn("\t")
+
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
+			renderer.NewBlueprint(tw.Rendition{
+				Borders: tw.BorderNone,
+				Symbols: styleTSV,
+				Settings: tw.Settings{
+					Separators: tw.Separators{BetweenRows: tw.Off, BetweenColumns: tw.On},
+					Lines:      tw.Lines{ShowFooterLine: tw.Off, ShowHeaderLine: tw.Off},
+				},
+			})),
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(tablewriter.Config{
+			Header: tw.CellConfig{
+				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+					AutoFormat: tw.Off,
+				},
+				Padding: tw.CellPadding{
+					Global: tw.Padding{Left: "", Right: ""},
+				},
+			},
+			Row: tw.CellConfig{
+				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+					AutoWrap:  tw.WrapNone,
+					Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
+				},
+				Padding: tw.CellPadding{
+					Global: tw.Padding{Left: "", Right: ""},
+				},
+			},
+
+			Debug: true,
+		}),
+		tablewriter.WithPadding(tw.PaddingNone),
+	)

 	if !conf.NoHeaders {
-		table.SetHeader(data.headers)
+		table.Header(data.headers)
 	}

-	table.AppendBulk(data.entries)
-
-	table.SetAutoWrapText(false)
-	table.SetAutoFormatHeaders(true)
-	table.SetHeaderAlignment(tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT)
-	table.SetAlignment(tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT)
-	table.SetCenterSeparator("")
-	table.SetColumnSeparator("")
-	table.SetRowSeparator("")
-	table.SetHeaderLine(false)
-	table.SetBorder(false)
-	table.SetNoWhiteSpace(true)
-
-	if !conf.UseHighlight {
-		// the tabs destroy the highlighting
-		table.SetTablePadding("\t") // pad with tabs
-	} else {
-		table.SetTablePadding("   ")
+	if err := table.Bulk(data.entries); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
 	}

-	table.Render()
 	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }

--- a/lib/printer_test.go
+++ b/lib/printer_test.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ var tests = []struct {
 	name string // so we can identify which one fails, can be the same
 	// for multiple tests, because flags will be appended to the name
 	sortby    string // empty == default
-	column    int    // sort by this column, 0 == default first or NO Sort
+	column    int    // sort by this column (numbers start by 1)
 	desc      bool   // sort in descending order, default == ascending
-	nonum     bool   // hide numbering
+	numberize bool   // add header numbering
 	mode      int    // shell, orgtbl, etc. empty == default: ascii
 	usecol    []int  // columns to display, empty == display all
 	usecolstr string // for testname, must match usecol
@@ -73,17 +73,19 @@ var tests = []struct {
 }{
 	// --------------------- Default settings mode tests ``
 	{
-		mode: cfg.ASCII,
-		name: "default",
+		mode:      cfg.ASCII,
+		numberize: true,
+		name:      "default",
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                    
-beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  	
-alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               	
+NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                   
+beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  
+alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               
 ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	},
 	{
-		mode: cfg.CSV,
-		name: "csv",
+		mode:      cfg.CSV,
+		numberize: false,
+		name:      "csv",
 		expect: `
 NAME,DURATION,COUNT,WHEN
 beta,1d10h5m1s,33,3/1/2014
@@ -91,40 +93,42 @@ alpha,4h35m,170,2013-Feb-03
 ceta,33d12h,9,06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	},
 	{
-		name: "default",
-		mode: cfg.Orgtbl,
+		name:      "orgtbl",
+		numberize: true,
+		mode:      cfg.Orgtbl,
 		expect: `
 +---------+-------------+----------+----------------------------+
-| NAME(1) | DURATION(2) | COUNT(3) |          WHEN(4)           |
+| NAME(1) | DURATION(2) | COUNT(3) | WHEN(4)                    |
 +---------+-------------+----------+----------------------------+
-| beta    | 1d10h5m1s   |       33 | 3/1/2014                   |
-| alpha   | 4h35m       |      170 | 2013-Feb-03                |
-| ceta    | 33d12h      |        9 | 06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700 |
+| beta    | 1d10h5m1s   | 33       | 3/1/2014                   |
+| alpha   | 4h35m       | 170      | 2013-Feb-03                |
+| ceta    | 33d12h      | 9        | 06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700 |
 +---------+-------------+----------+----------------------------+`,
 	},
 	{
-		name: "default",
-		mode: cfg.Markdown,
+		name:      "markdown",
+		mode:      cfg.Markdown,
+		numberize: true,
 		expect: `
-| NAME(1) | DURATION(2) | COUNT(3) |          WHEN(4)           |
+| NAME(1) | DURATION(2) | COUNT(3) | WHEN(4)                    |
 |---------|-------------|----------|----------------------------|
-| beta    | 1d10h5m1s   |       33 | 3/1/2014                   |
-| alpha   | 4h35m       |      170 | 2013-Feb-03                |
-| ceta    | 33d12h      |        9 | 06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700 |`,
+| beta    | 1d10h5m1s   | 33       | 3/1/2014                   |
+| alpha   | 4h35m       | 170      | 2013-Feb-03                |
+| ceta    | 33d12h      | 9        | 06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700 |`,
 	},
 	{
-		name:  "default",
-		mode:  cfg.Shell,
-		nonum: true,
+		name:      "shell",
+		mode:      cfg.Shell,
+		numberize: false,
 		expect: `
 NAME="beta" DURATION="1d10h5m1s" COUNT="33" WHEN="3/1/2014"
 NAME="alpha" DURATION="4h35m" COUNT="170" WHEN="2013-Feb-03"
 NAME="ceta" DURATION="33d12h" COUNT="9" WHEN="06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700"`,
 	},
 	{
-		name:  "default",
-		mode:  cfg.Yaml,
-		nonum: true,
+		name:      "yaml",
+		mode:      cfg.Yaml,
+		numberize: false,
 		expect: `
 entries:
    - count: 33
@@ -141,8 +145,9 @@ entries:
      when: "06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700"`,
 	},
 	{
-		name: "default",
-		mode: cfg.Extended,
+		name:      "extended",
+		mode:      cfg.Extended,
+		numberize: true,
 		expect: `
    NAME(1): beta
 DURATION(2): 1d10h5m1s
@@ -162,36 +167,39 @@ DURATION(2): 33d12h

 	//------------------------ SORT TESTS
 	{
-		name:   "sortbycolumn",
-		column: 3,
-		sortby: "numeric",
-		desc:   false,
+		name:      "sortbycolumn3",
+		column:    3,
+		sortby:    "numeric",
+		numberize: true,
+		desc:      false,
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                    
-ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700	
-beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  	
+NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                   
+ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700
+beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  
 alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03`,
 	},
 	{
-		name:   "sortbycolumn",
-		column: 4,
-		sortby: "time",
-		desc:   false,
+		name:      "sortbycolumn4",
+		column:    4,
+		sortby:    "time",
+		desc:      false,
+		numberize: true,
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                    
-ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700	
-alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               	
+NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                   
+ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700
+alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               
 beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014`,
 	},
 	{
-		name:   "sortbycolumn",
-		column: 2,
-		sortby: "duration",
-		desc:   false,
+		name:      "sortbycolumn2",
+		column:    2,
+		sortby:    "duration",
+		numberize: true,
+		desc:      false,
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                    
-alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               	
-beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  	
+NAME(1)	DURATION(2)	COUNT(3)	WHEN(4)                   
+alpha  	4h35m      	170     	2013-Feb-03               
+beta   	1d10h5m1s  	33      	3/1/2014                  
 ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	},

@@ -199,75 +207,85 @@ ceta   	33d12h     	9       	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	{
 		name:      "usecolumns",
 		usecol:    []int{1, 4},
+		numberize: true,
 		usecolstr: "1,4",
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	WHEN(4)                    
-beta   	3/1/2014                  	
-alpha  	2013-Feb-03               	
+NAME(1)	WHEN(4)                   
+beta   	3/1/2014                  
+alpha  	2013-Feb-03               
 ceta   	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "usecolumns",
 		usecol:    []int{2},
+		numberize: true,
 		usecolstr: "2",
 		expect: `
-DURATION(2) 
-1d10h5m1s  	
-4h35m      	
+DURATION(2)
+1d10h5m1s  
+4h35m      
 33d12h`,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "usecolumns",
 		usecol:    []int{3},
+		numberize: true,
 		usecolstr: "3",
 		expect: `
-COUNT(3) 
-33      	
-170     	
+COUNT(3)
+33      
+170     
 9`,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "usecolumns",
 		column:    0,
 		usecol:    []int{1, 3},
+		numberize: true,
 		usecolstr: "1,3",
 		expect: `
-NAME(1)	COUNT(3) 
-beta   	33      	
-alpha  	170     	
+NAME(1)	COUNT(3)
+beta   	33      
+alpha  	170     
 ceta   	9`,
 	},
 	{
 		name:      "usecolumns",
 		usecol:    []int{2, 4},
+		numberize: true,
 		usecolstr: "2,4",
 		expect: `
-DURATION(2)	WHEN(4)                    
-1d10h5m1s  	3/1/2014                  	
-4h35m      	2013-Feb-03               	
+DURATION(2)	WHEN(4)                   
+1d10h5m1s  	3/1/2014                  
+4h35m      	2013-Feb-03               
 33d12h     	06/Jan/2008 15:04:05 -0700`,
 	},
 }

 func TestPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testdata := range tests {
-		testname := fmt.Sprintf("print-sortcol-%d-desc-%t-sortby-%s-mode-%d-usecolumns-%s",
-			testdata.column, testdata.desc, testdata.sortby, testdata.mode, testdata.usecolstr)
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("print-%s-%d-desc-%t-sortby-%s-mode-%d-usecolumns-%s-numberize-%t",
+			testdata.name, testdata.column, testdata.desc, testdata.sortby,
+			testdata.mode, testdata.usecolstr, testdata.numberize)
+
 		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// replaces os.Stdout, but we ignore it
 			var writer bytes.Buffer

 			// cmd flags
 			conf := cfg.Config{
-				SortByColumn:   testdata.column,
 				SortDescending: testdata.desc,
 				SortMode:       testdata.sortby,
 				OutputMode:     testdata.mode,
-				NoNumbering:    testdata.nonum,
+				Numbering:      testdata.numberize,
 				UseColumns:     testdata.usecol,
 				NoColor:        true,
 			}

+			if testdata.column > 0 {
+				conf.UseSortByColumn = []int{testdata.column}
+			}
+
 			conf.ApplyDefaults()

 			// the test checks the len!
--- a/lib/sort.go
+++ b/lib/sort.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package lib

 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -27,34 +28,41 @@ import (
 )

 func sortTable(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
-	if conf.SortByColumn <= 0 {
+	if len(conf.UseSortByColumn) == 0 {
 		// no sorting wanted
 		return
 	}

-	// slightly modified here to match internal array indicies
-	col := conf.SortByColumn
-
-	col-- // ui starts counting by 1, but use 0 internally
-
 	// sanity checks
 	if len(data.entries) == 0 {
 		return
 	}

-	if col >= len(data.headers) {
-		// fall back to default column
-		col = 0
-	}
-
 	// actual sorting
 	sort.SliceStable(data.entries, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return compare(&conf, data.entries[i][col], data.entries[j][col])
+		// holds the result of a sort of one column
+		comparators := []int{}
+
+		// iterate over all columns to be sorted, conf.SortMode must be identical!
+		for _, column := range conf.UseSortByColumn {
+			comparators = append(comparators, compare(&conf, data.entries[i][column-1], data.entries[j][column-1]))
+		}
+
+		// return the combined result
+		res := cmp.Or(comparators...)
+
+		switch res {
+		case 0:
+			return true
+		default:
+			return false
+		}
+
 	})
 }

 // config is not modified here, but it would be inefficient to copy it every loop
-func compare(conf *cfg.Config, left string, right string) bool {
+func compare(conf *cfg.Config, left string, right string) int {
 	var comp bool

 	switch conf.SortMode {
@@ -88,7 +96,12 @@ func compare(conf *cfg.Config, left string, right string) bool {
 		comp = !comp
 	}

-	return comp
+	switch comp {
+	case true:
+		return 0
+	default:
+		return 1
+	}
 }

 /*
--- a/lib/sort_test.go
+++ b/lib/sort_test.go
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 		mode string
 		a    string
 		b    string
-		want bool
+		want int
 		desc bool
 	}{
 		// ascending
-		{"numeric", "10", "20", true, false},
-		{"duration", "2d4h5m", "45m", false, false},
-		{"time", "12/24/2022", "1/1/1970", false, false},
+		{"numeric", "10", "20", 0, false},
+		{"duration", "2d4h5m", "45m", 1, false},
+		{"time", "12/24/2022", "1/1/1970", 1, false},

 		// descending
-		{"numeric", "10", "20", false, true},
-		{"duration", "2d4h5m", "45m", true, true},
-		{"time", "12/24/2022", "1/1/1970", true, true},
+		{"numeric", "10", "20", 1, true},
+		{"duration", "2d4h5m", "45m", 0, true},
+		{"time", "12/24/2022", "1/1/1970", 0, true},
 	}

 	for _, testdata := range tests {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 			c := cfg.Config{SortMode: testdata.mode, SortDescending: testdata.desc}
 			got := compare(&c, testdata.a, testdata.b)
 			if got != testdata.want {
-				t.Errorf("got %t, want %t", got, testdata.want)
+				t.Errorf("got %d, want %d", got, testdata.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
--- a/lib/yank.go
+++ b/lib/yank.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2022-2025 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 lib
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
+)
+
+func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
+	var yank []string
+
+	if len(data.entries) == 0 || len(conf.UseYankColumns) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range data.entries {
+		for i, field := range row {
+			for _, idx := range conf.UseYankColumns {
+				if i == idx-1 {
+					yank = append(yank, field)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(yank) > 0 {
+		cb := clipboard.New(clipboard.ClipboardOptions{Primary: true})
+		if err := cb.CopyText(strings.Join(yank, " ")); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/lib/yank_test.go
+++ b/lib/yank_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2025 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 lib
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/tiagomelo/go-clipboard/clipboard"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg"
+)
+
+var yanktests = []struct {
+	name   string
+	yank   []int // -y$colum,$column... after processing
+	filter string
+	expect string
+}{
+	{
+		name:   "one",
+		yank:   []int{1},
+		filter: "beta",
+	},
+}
+
+func DISABLED_TestYankColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	cb := clipboard.New()
+
+	for _, testdata := range yanktests {
+		testname := fmt.Sprintf("yank-%s-filter-%s",
+			testdata.name, testdata.filter)
+		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {
+			conf := cfg.Config{
+				OutputMode:     cfg.ASCII,
+				UseYankColumns: testdata.yank,
+				NoColor:        true,
+			}
+
+			conf.ApplyDefaults()
+			data := newData() // defined in printer_test.go, reused here
+
+			var writer bytes.Buffer
+			printData(&writer, conf, &data)
+
+			got, err := cb.PasteText()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("failed to fetch yanked text from clipboard")
+			}
+
+			if got != testdata.expect {
+				t.Errorf("not yanked correctly:\n+++ got:\n%s\n+++ want:\n%s",
+					got, testdata.expect)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 package main

 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/testscript"
 )

 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	os.Exit(testscript.RunMain(m, map[string]func() int{
-		"tablizer": Main,
-	}))
+	testscript.Main(m, map[string]func(){
+		"tablizer": main,
+	})
 }

 func TestTablizer(t *testing.T) {
--- a/mkrel.sh
+++ b/mkrel.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ for D in $DIST; do
    binfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
    tardir="${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}"
    tarfile="releases/${tool}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.tar.gz"
+    pie=""
+
+    if test "$D" = "linux/amd64"; then
+        pie="-buildmode=pie"
+    fi
+    
    set -x
-    GOOS=${os} GOARCH=${arch} go build -o ${binfile} -ldflags "-X 'github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg.VERSION=${version}'"
+    GOOS=${os} GOARCH=${arch} go build -tags osusergo,netgo -ldflags "-extldflags=-static -w -X 'github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cfg.VERSION=${version}'" --trimpath $pie -o ${binfile}
+    strip --strip-all ${binfile}
    mkdir -p ${tardir}
    cp ${binfile} README.md LICENSE ${tardir}/
    echo 'tool = tablizer
--- a/t/test-multipatterns.txtar
+++ b/t/test-multipatterns.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# filtering
+
+# a AND b
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies invasive imperium
+stdout 'namak'
+! stdout human
+
+# a AND !b
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies invasive '/imperium/!'
+stdout 'human'
+! stdout namak
+
+# a AND !b AND c
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies peaceful '/imperium/!' planetary
+stdout 'kenaha'
+! stdout 'namak|heduu|riedl'
+
+# case insensitive
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies '/REGIONAL/i'
+stdout namak
+! stdout 'human|riedl|heduu|kenaa'
+
+# case insensitive negated
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies '/REGIONAL/!i'
+stdout 'human|riedl|heduu|kenaa'
+! stdout namak
+
+# !a AND !b
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies '/galactic/!' '/planetary/!'
+stdout namak
+! stdout 'human|riedl|heduu|kenaa'
+
+# same case insensitive
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -H -cspecies '/GALACTIC/i!' '/PLANETARY/!i'
+stdout namak
+! stdout 'human|riedl|heduu|kenaa'
+
+# will be automatically created in work dir
+-- testtable.txt --
+SPECIES   TYPE         HOME     STAGE             SPREAD
+human     invasive     earth    brink             planetary
+riedl     peaceful     keauna   civilized         pangalactic
+namak     invasive     namak    imperium          regional
+heduu     peaceful     iu       imperium          galactic
+kenaha    peaceful     kohi     hunter-gatherer   planetary
+
--- a/t/testtable3
+++ b/t/testtable3
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME                                                 READY   STATUS    STARTS      AGE
+alertmanager-kube-prometheus-alertmanager-0          2/2     Running   35          11d
+kube-prometheus-blackbox-exporter-5d85b5d8f4-tskh7   1/1     Running   17          1h44m
+grafana-fcc54cbc9-bk7s8                              1/1     Running   17          1d
+kube-prometheus-kube-state-metrics-b4cd9487-75p7f    1/1     Running   20          45m
+kube-prometheus-node-exporter-bfzpl                  1/1     Running   17          54s
--- a/t/testtable4
+++ b/t/testtable4
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ONE  TWO
+1    4
+3    1
+5    2
--- a/t/testtable5
+++ b/t/testtable5
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+SPECIES   TYPE         HOME     STAGE
+human     invasive     earth    brink
+riedl     peaceful     keauna   civilized
+namak     invasive     namak    imperium
+heduu     peaceful     iu       imperium
+kenaha    peaceful     kohi     hunter-gatherer
--- a/tablizer.1
+++ b/tablizer.1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-14" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-03-06" "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
@@ -144,18 +144,18 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
 .Vb 2
 \&    Usage:
-\&      tablizer [regex] [file, ...] [flags]
+\&      tablizer [regex,...] [file, ...] [flags]
 \&    
 \&    Operational Flags:
 \&      \-c, \-\-columns string              Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)
 \&      \-v, \-\-invert\-match                select non\-matching rows
-\&      \-n, \-\-no\-numbering                Disable header numbering
+\&      \-n, \-\-numbering                   Enable header numbering
 \&      \-N, \-\-no\-color                    Disable pattern highlighting
 \&      \-H, \-\-no\-headers                  Disable headers display
 \&      \-s, \-\-separator string            Custom field separator
-\&      \-k, \-\-sort\-by int                 Sort by column (default: 1)
+\&      \-k, \-\-sort\-by int|name            Sort by column (default: 1)
 \&      \-z, \-\-fuzzy                       Use fuzzy search [experimental]
-\&      \-F, \-\-filter field=reg            Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
+\&      \-F, \-\-filter field[!]=reg         Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
 \&      \-T, \-\-transpose\-columns string    Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
 \&      \-R, \-\-regex\-transposer /from/to/  Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in \-T
 \&
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 \&      \-C, \-\-csv                         Enable CSV output
 \&      \-A, \-\-ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
 \&      \-L, \-\-hightlight\-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+\&      \-y, \-\-yank\-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+\&                                        space separated
 \&
 \&    Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
 \&      \-a, \-\-sort\-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -250,11 +252,20 @@ 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
 Use the  \fB\-k\fR option to specify  by which column to  sort the tabular
-data (as in \s-1GNU\s0 \fBsort\fR\|(1)). The default sort column is the first one. To
-disable sorting at all, supply 0  (Zero) to \-k. The default sort order
-is ascending. You can change this to descending order using the option
-\&\fB\-D\fR. The default  sort order is by string, but  there are other sort
-modes:
+data  (as in  \s-1GNU\s0  \fBsort\fR\|(1)).  The default  sort  column  is the  first
+one. You can specify column numbers or names. Column numbers start
+with 1, names are case insensitive. You can specify multiple columns
+separated by comma to sort, but the type must be the same. For example
+if you want to sort numerically, all columns must be numbers. If you
+use column numbers, then be aware, that these are the numbers before
+column extraction. For example if you have a table with 4 columns and
+specify \f(CW\*(C`\-c4\*(C'\fR, then only 1 column (the fourth) will be printed,
+however if you want to sort by this column, you'll have to specify
+\&\f(CW\*(C`\-k4\*(C'\fR.
+.PP
+The default  sort order  is ascending.  You can  change this  to
+descending order using the option \fB\-D\fR.  The default sort order is by
+alphanumeric string, but there are other sort modes:
 .IP "\fB\-a \-\-sort\-age\fR" 4
 .IX Item "-a --sort-age"
 Sorts duration strings like \*(L"1d4h32m51s\*(R".
@@ -269,38 +280,52 @@ Finally the  \fB\-d\fR option  enables debugging  output which  is mostly
 useful for the developer.
 .SS "\s-1PATTERNS AND FILTERING\s0"
 .IX Subsection "PATTERNS AND FILTERING"
-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:
+You can reduce  the rows being displayed by using  one or more regular
+expression patterns.   The regexp  language being used  is the  one of
+\&\s-1GOLANG,\s0     refer    to     the    syntax     cheat    sheet     here:
+<https://pkg.go.dev/regexp/syntax>.
+.PP
+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>.
+Or read it online: <https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>. But please note
+that the \s-1GO\s0 regexp engine does \s-1NOT\s0 support all perl regex terms,
+especially look-ahead and look-behind.
 .PP
-A note on  modifiers: the regexp engine used in  tablizer uses another
-modifier syntax:
+If you want to supply flags to a regex, then surround it with slashes
+and append the flag. The following flags are supported:
 .PP
-.Vb 1
-\&    (?MODIFIER)
+.Vb 2
+\&    i => case insensitive
+\&    ! => negative match
 .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 insensitive search:
 .PP
 .Vb 1
-\&    kubectl get pods \-A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+\&    kubectl get pods \-A | tablizer "/account/i"
 .Ve
 .PP
-You  can use  the experimental  fuzzy search  feature by  providing the
+If you use the \f(CW\*(C`!\*(C'\fR flag, then the regex match will be negated, that
+is, if a line in the input matches the given regex, but \f(CW\*(C`!\*(C'\fR is
+supplied, tablizer will \s-1NOT\s0 include it in the output.
+.PP
+For example, here we want to get all lines matching \*(L"foo\*(R" but not
+\&\*(L"bar\*(R":
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    cat table | tablizer foo \*(Aq/bar/!\*(Aq
+.Ve
+.PP
+This would match a line \*(L"foo zorro\*(R" but not \*(L"foo bar\*(R".
+.PP
+The flags can also be combined.
+.PP
+You  can also use  the experimental  fuzzy search  feature by  providing the
 option \fB\-z\fR, in which case the  pattern is regarded as a fuzzy search
 term, not a regexp.
 .PP
@@ -317,6 +342,12 @@ Fieldnames (== columns headers) are case insensitive.
 If you specify more than one filter, both filters have to match (\s-1AND\s0
 operation).
 .PP
+These field filters can also be negated:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    fieldname!=regexp
+.Ve
+.PP
 If the option \fB\-v\fR is specified, the filtering is inverted.
 .SS "\s-1COLUMNS\s0"
 .IX Subsection "COLUMNS"
@@ -433,13 +464,27 @@ more output modes available: \fBorgtbl\fR  which prints an Emacs org-mode
 table and  \fBmarkdown\fR which prints  a Markdown table,  \fByaml\fR, which
 prints  yaml encoding  and \s-1CSV\s0  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.
+.SS "\s-1PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD\s0"
+.IX Subsection "PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD"
+You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option
+\&\f(CW\*(C`\-y\*(C'\fR. This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering
+yields just one row. For example:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer \-yid matchbox
+.Ve
+.PP
+If \*(L"matchbox\*(R" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard
+separated by one space.
 .SS "\s-1ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES\s0"
 .IX Subsection "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 \&\fBtablizer\fR supports  certain environment variables which  use can use
 to  influence   program  behavior.   Commandline  flags   have  always
 precedence over environment variables.
-.IP "<T_NO_HEADER_NUMBERING> \- disable numbering of header fields, like \fB\-n\fR." 4
-.IX Item "<T_NO_HEADER_NUMBERING> - disable numbering of header fields, like -n."
+.IP "<T_HEADER_NUMBERING> \- enable numbering of header fields, like \fB\-n\fR." 4
+.IX Item "<T_HEADER_NUMBERING> - enable numbering of header fields, like -n."
 .PD 0
 .IP "<T_COLUMNS> \- comma separated list of columns to output, like \fB\-c\fR" 4
 .IX Item "<T_COLUMNS> - comma separated list of columns to output, like -c"
--- a/tablizer.pod
+++ b/tablizer.pod
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 =head1 SYNOPSIS

    Usage:
-      tablizer [regex] [file, ...] [flags]
+      tablizer [regex,...] [file, ...] [flags]
    
    Operational Flags:
      -c, --columns string              Only show the speficied columns (separated by ,)
      -v, --invert-match                select non-matching rows
-      -n, --no-numbering                Disable header numbering
+      -n, --numbering                   Enable header numbering
      -N, --no-color                    Disable pattern highlighting
      -H, --no-headers                  Disable headers display
      -s, --separator string            Custom field separator
-      -k, --sort-by int                 Sort by column (default: 1)
+      -k, --sort-by int|name            Sort by column (default: 1)
      -z, --fuzzy                       Use fuzzy search [experimental]
-      -F, --filter field=reg            Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
+      -F, --filter field[!]=reg         Filter given field with regex, can be used multiple times
      -T, --transpose-columns string    Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
      -R, --regex-transposer /from/to/  Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
      -C, --csv                         Enable CSV output
      -A, --ascii                       Default output mode, ascii tabular
      -L, --hightlight-lines            Use alternating background colors for tables
+      -y, --yank-columns                Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
+                                        space separated

    Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
      -a, --sort-age                    sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -106,11 +108,20 @@ By  default, if  a  B<pattern>  has been  speficied,  matches will  be
 highlighted. You can disable this behavior with the B<-N> option.

 Use the  B<-k> option to specify  by which column to  sort the tabular
-data (as in GNU sort(1)). The default sort column is the first one. To
-disable sorting at all, supply 0  (Zero) to -k. The default sort order
-is ascending. You can change this to descending order using the option
-B<-D>. The default  sort order is by string, but  there are other sort
-modes:
+data  (as in  GNU  sort(1)).  The default  sort  column  is the  first
+one. You can specify column numbers or names. Column numbers start
+with 1, names are case insensitive. You can specify multiple columns
+separated by comma to sort, but the type must be the same. For example
+if you want to sort numerically, all columns must be numbers. If you
+use column numbers, then be aware, that these are the numbers before
+column extraction. For example if you have a table with 4 columns and
+specify C<-c4>, then only 1 column (the fourth) will be printed,
+however if you want to sort by this column, you'll have to specify
+C<-k4>.
+
+The default  sort order  is ascending.  You can  change this  to
+descending order using the option B<-D>.  The default sort order is by
+alphanumeric string, but there are other sort modes:

 =over

@@ -133,32 +144,44 @@ useful for the developer.

 =head2 PATTERNS AND FILTERING

-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:
+You can reduce  the rows being displayed by using  one or more regular
+expression patterns.   The regexp  language being used  is the  one of
+GOLANG,     refer    to     the    syntax     cheat    sheet     here:
+L<https://pkg.go.dev/regexp/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>.
+Or read it online: L<https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre>. But please note
+that the GO regexp engine does NOT support all perl regex terms,
+especially look-ahead and look-behind.

-A note on  modifiers: the regexp engine used in  tablizer uses another
-modifier syntax:
+If you want to supply flags to a regex, then surround it with slashes
+and append the flag. The following flags are supported:

-    (?MODIFIER)
-
-The most important modifiers are:
-
-C<i> ignore case
-C<m> multiline mode
-C<s> single line mode
+    i => case insensitive
+    ! => negative match

 Example for a case insensitive search:

-    kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "(?i)account"
+    kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"

-You  can use  the experimental  fuzzy search  feature by  providing the
+If you use the C<!> flag, then the regex match will be negated, that
+is, if a line in the input matches the given regex, but C<!> is
+supplied, tablizer will NOT include it in the output.
+
+For example, here we want to get all lines matching "foo" but not
+"bar":
+
+    cat table | tablizer foo '/bar/!'
+
+This would match a line "foo zorro" but not "foo bar".
+
+The flags can also be combined.
+
+You  can also use  the experimental  fuzzy search  feature by  providing the
 option B<-z>, in which case the  pattern is regarded as a fuzzy search
 term, not a regexp.

@@ -173,6 +196,10 @@ Fieldnames (== columns headers) are case insensitive.
 If you specify more than one filter, both filters have to match (AND
 operation).

+These field filters can also be negated:
+
+    fieldname!=regexp
+
 If the option B<-v> is specified, the filtering is inverted.


@@ -281,6 +308,19 @@ table and  B<markdown> which prints  a Markdown table,  B<yaml>, which
 prints  yaml encoding  and CSV  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.

+=head2 PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD
+
+You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option
+C<-y>. This best fits the use-case when the result of your filtering
+yields just one row. For example:
+
+    cloudctl cluster ls | tablizer -yid matchbox
+
+If "matchbox" matches one cluster, you can immediately use the id of
+that cluster somewhere else and paste it. Of course, if there are
+multiple matches, then all id's will be put into the clipboard
+separated by one space.
+
 =head2 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

 B<tablizer> supports  certain environment variables which  use can use
@@ -289,7 +329,7 @@ precedence over environment variables.

 =over

-=item <T_NO_HEADER_NUMBERING> - disable numbering of header fields, like B<-n>.
+=item <T_HEADER_NUMBERING> - enable numbering of header fields, like B<-n>.

 =item <T_COLUMNS> - comma separated list of columns to output, like B<-c>
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
T.v.Dein	5168b04339	optimize ascii tables, use custom style instead of tab inserters (#53 ) * optimize ascii tables, use custom style instead of tab inserters	2025-06-10 16:12:03 +02:00
T.v.Dein	787178b17e	Update to tableWriter 1.0.6 (#50 )	2025-05-27 13:09:18 +02:00
T.v.Dein	eae39bbff1	Merge pull request #48 from TLINDEN/updatego update to go1.23, update dependencies	2025-03-06 17:28:42 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	40fbf17779	also update ci to go 1.23	2025-03-06 17:25:54 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	832841c1ff	deprecate testscript.RunMain()	2025-03-06 17:24:16 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	5726ed3f7f	update to go1.23, update dependencies	2025-03-06 17:16:20 +01:00
T.v.Dein	5e52cd9ce0	Merge pull request #45 from TLINDEN/dependabot/go_modules/github.com/spf13/cobra-1.9.1 Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.1 to 1.9.1	2025-03-06 17:11:24 +01:00
T.v.Dein	8c7c89c9ea	Merge pull request #47 from TLINDEN/headernumbers reverse the meaning of -n	2025-03-06 17:11:00 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	25aa172c41	reverse the meaning of -n, setting it enables numbered headers	2025-03-06 17:02:34 +01:00
dependabot[bot]	c436a92bcb	Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.1 to 1.9.1 Bumps [github.com/spf13/cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) from 1.8.1 to 1.9.1. - [Release notes](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/compare/v1.8.1...v1.9.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: github.com/spf13/cobra dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>	2025-03-01 10:40:32 +00:00
T.v.Dein	65732a58d0	Merge pull request #38 from TLINDEN/feature/yank add yank support	2025-02-23 18:21:15 +01:00
T.v.Dein	ace7f76210	Merge branch 'main' into feature/yank	2025-02-23 18:09:04 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	fda365bd8b	bump version	2025-02-23 18:06:42 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	c1cfc08c23	fix windows test, add clean to test target	2025-02-23 18:02:52 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	150fdddd2a	use latest go-clipboard	2025-02-23 18:00:29 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	6b659773f1	build release bins w/o symbols and debug, +static	2025-02-19 18:09:05 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	74d82fa356	fix ci tests on windows: make clean before running test	2025-02-12 14:08:04 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	3949411c57	add change log generator, update release builder	2025-02-05 17:51:14 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	a455f6b79a	bump version	2025-01-30 17:31:56 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	2c08687c29	add support for negative filters (-F field!=regex)	2025-01-30 17:31:26 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	200f1f32f8	using patched tiagomeol/go-clipboard/clipboard, fixes #37	2025-01-28 14:40:17 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	768a19b4d6	fine tuning, added test, which hangs, but yanking works anyway	2025-01-23 13:59:02 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	dc718392b6	fix-import	2025-01-22 23:15:12 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	e8f4fef41c	fix #37 : make yank portable	2025-01-22 23:12:42 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	6566dd66f0	fixed pattern regex, fixed pattern AND operation	2025-01-22 17:53:10 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	1593799c03	added multi pattern tests	2025-01-22 17:53:10 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	ea3dd75fec	fix linting error	2025-01-22 17:53:10 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	a306f2c601	implement multiple regex support and icase and negate flags	2025-01-22 17:53:10 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	82f54c120d	catch err	2025-01-21 18:42:04 +01:00
T.v.Dein	2d5799e2f2	Use primary clipboard on unix	2025-01-20 21:27:26 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	8e33cadcaa	add -y	2025-01-20 19:28:19 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	03f3225f24	build release binaries using ci workflow	2025-01-18 10:51:28 +01:00
Thomas von Dein	63c7ef26b6	add -k<name> and sort by multiple columns support, fixes #34	2025-01-15 18:53:34 +01:00