add highlight pattern screenshot

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ builds:
       - windows
       - darwin
       - freebsd
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
 
 archives:
   - formats: [tar.gz]
@@ -66,4 +69,4 @@ release:
 
     ---
 
-    Full Changelog: [{{ .PreviousTag }}...{{ .Tag }}](https://codeberg.org/scip/epuppy/compare/{{ .PreviousTag }}...{{ .Tag }})
+    Full Changelog: [{{ .PreviousTag }}...{{ .Tag }}](https://codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/compare/{{ .PreviousTag }}...{{ .Tag }})

.woodpecker/image.yaml

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# https://woodpecker-ci.org/plugins/docker-buildx
-# enable Package unit and go to /scip/-/packages after building to link to proj
-
-variables:
-  - &repo codeberg.org/${CI_REPO_OWNER}/tablizer
-
-steps:
-  dryrun:
-    image: docker.io/woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx:latest
-    settings:
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      platforms: linux/amd64
-      dry_run: true
-      repo: *repo
-      tags: latest
-    when:
-      event: [pull_request]
-
-  publish:
-    image: docker.io/woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx:latest
-    settings:
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      platforms: linux/amd64
-      repo: *repo
-      registry: codeberg.org
-      tags: latest,${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8},${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
-      username: ${CI_REPO_OWNER}
-      password:
-        from_secret: REGISTRY_TOKEN
-    when:
-      event: [tag]
-      branch: main

README.md

@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ Operational Flags:
   -n, --numbering                    Enable header numbering
   -N, --no-color                     Disable pattern highlighting
   -H, --no-headers                   Disable headers display
-  -s, --separator <string>           Custom field separator
+  -s, --separator <string>           Custom field separator (maybe char, string or :class:)
   -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
   -T, --transpose-columns string     Transpose the speficied columns (separated by ,)
   -R, --regex-transposer </from/to/> Apply /search/replace/ regexp to fields given in -T
+  -K  --regex-colorizer /from/color/ colorize pattern of output (color: fg[:bg])
   -j, --json                         Read JSON input (must be array of hashes)
   -I, --interactive                  Interactively filter and select rows
-      --auto-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
+  -g, --auto-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
-      --custom-headers a,b,...       Use custom headers, separated by comma
+  -x, --custom-headers a,b,...       Use custom headers, separated by comma
-
 
 Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -X, --extended                     Enable extended output
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -O, --orgtbl                       Enable org-mode table output
   -S, --shell                        Enable shell evaluable output
   -Y, --yaml                         Enable yaml output
+  -J, --jsonout                      Enable JSON output
   -C, --csv                          Enable CSV output
   -A, --ascii                        Default output mode, ascii tabular
+  -P, --template <tpl>               Enable template mode with template <tpl>
   -L, --hightlight-lines             Use alternating background colors for tables
+  -o, --ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by -A and -C. 
   -y, --yank-columns                 Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
                                      space separated
-      --ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by -A and -C. 
 
 Sort Mode Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -a, --sort-age                     sort according to age (duration) string
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ Here, we modified the 4th column (`-T4`) by replacing every space with
 a dash. If you need to work with `/` characters, you can also use any
 other separator, for instance: `-R '| |-|'`.
 
-There's also an interactive mode, invoked with the option B<-I>, where
+There's also an interactive mode, invoked with the option `-I`, where
 you can interactively filter and select rows:
 
 <img width="937" height="293" alt="interactive" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0d4d65e2-d156-43ed-8021-39047c7939ed" />
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ hesitate to ask me about it, I'll add it.
 The  documentation  is  provided  as  a unix  man-page.   It  will  be
 automatically installed if  you install from source.
 
-[However, you can read the man-page online](https://codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/raw/branch/tablizer.pod).
+[However, you can read the man-page online](https://codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/raw/branch/main/tablizer.pod).
 
 Or if you cloned  the repository you can read it  this way (perl needs
 to be installed though): `perldoc tablizer.pod`.

cfg/config.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Version  = "v1.5.11"
+	Version  = "v1.6.0"
 	MAXPARTS = 2
 )
 
@@ -95,21 +95,22 @@ type Config struct {
 	InputJSON      bool
 	AutoHeaders    bool
 	CustomHeaders  []string
+	Template       string
 
 	SortMode        string
 	SortDescending  bool
 	SortByColumn    string // 1,2
 	UseSortByColumn []int  // []int{1,2}
 
-	TransposeColumns    string       // 1,2
+	TransposeColumns    string // 1,2
-	UseTransposeColumns []int        // []int{1,2}
+	UseTransposeColumns []int  // []int{1,2}
-	Transposers         []string     // []string{"/ /-/", "/foo/bar/"}
+
-	UseTransposers      []Transposer // {Search: re, Replace: string}
+	Transposers    []string     // []string{"/ /-/", "/foo/bar/"}
+	UseTransposers []Transposer // {Search: re, Replace: string}
+
+	Colorizers    []string     // []string{"/ /-/", "/foo/fg[:bg]/"}
+	UseColorizers []Transposer // {Search: re, Replace: color}
 
-	/*
-	 FIXME: make configurable somehow, config file or ENV
-	 see https://github.com/gookit/color.
-	*/
 	ColorStyle        color.Style
 	HighlightStyle    color.Style
 	NoHighlightStyle  color.Style
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ type Modeflag struct {
 	A bool
 	C bool
 	J bool
+	P bool // template
 }
 
 // used for switching printers
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ const (
 	CSV
 	ASCII
 	Json
+	Template
 )
 
 // various sort types
@@ -294,6 +297,8 @@ func (conf *Config) PrepareModeFlags(flag Modeflag) {
 		conf.OutputMode = CSV
 	case flag.J:
 		conf.OutputMode = Json
+	case conf.Template != "":
+		conf.OutputMode = Template
 	default:
 		conf.OutputMode = ASCII
 	}
@@ -352,6 +357,23 @@ func (conf *Config) PrepareTransposers() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (conf *Config) PrepareColorizers() error {
+	for _, colorizer := range conf.Colorizers {
+		parts := strings.Split(colorizer, string(colorizer[0]))
+		if len(parts) != 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("colorizer function must have the format /regexp/foreground-color[:background-color]/")
+		}
+
+		conf.UseColorizers = append(conf.UseColorizers,
+			Transposer{
+				Search:  *regexp.MustCompile(parts[1]),
+				Replace: parts[2]},
+		)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (conf *Config) CheckEnv() {
 	// check for environment vars, command line flags have precedence,
 	// NO_COLOR is being checked by the color module itself.

cfg/config_test.go

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func TestPrepareModeFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		{Modeflag{}, ASCII},
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: use a map for easier printing
 	for _, testdata := range tests {
 		testname := fmt.Sprintf("PrepareModeFlags-expect-%d", testdata.expect)
 		t.Run(testname, func(t *testing.T) {

cmd/root.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/lib"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func completion(cmd *cobra.Command, mode string) error {
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ func Execute() {
 			conf.PrepareCustomHeaders(headers)
 
 			wrapE(conf.PrepareFilters())
+			wrapE(conf.PrepareColorizers())
 
 			conf.DetermineColormode()
 			conf.ApplyDefaults()
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ func Execute() {
 		"Enable ASCII output (default)")
 	rootCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("extended", "markdown", "orgtbl",
 		"shell", "yaml", "csv")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Template, "template", "P", "",
+		"template for template output mode")
 
 	// config file
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.Configfile, "config", "f", cfg.DefaultConfigfile,
@@ -189,6 +192,8 @@ func Execute() {
 		"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")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&conf.Colorizers,
+		"regex-colorizer", "K", nil, "apply /search/color[:background]/ to the whole output")
 
 	// input
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&conf.InputFile, "read-file", "r", "",

cmd/shortusage.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 const shortusage = `tablizer [regex,...] [-r file] [flags]
--c col,...   show specified columns                  -L  highlight matching lines
+-c col,...   show specified columns                  -L  colorize rows
 -k col,...   sort by specified columns               -j  read JSON input
 -F col=reg   filter field with regexp                -v  invert match
 -T col,...   transpose specified columns             -n  numberize columns
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const shortusage = `tablizer [regex,...] [-r file] [flags]
 -x col,...   use custom headers                      -d  debug
 -o char      use char as output separator            -g  auto generate headers
 
--O org -C CSV -M md -X ext -S shell -Y yaml -J json  -D  sort descending order
+-K /pattern/foreground[:background]/ colorize pattern of output
--m  show manual       --help  show detailed help     -v  show version
+-O org  -C CSV  -M md  -X ext  -S shell  -Y yaml  -J json  -P template
--a  sort by age       -i      sort numerically       -t  sort by time`
+-a sort by age   -i sort numerically   -t sort by time   -D sort descending order
+-m show manual   -v  show version      --help  show detailed help`

cmd/tablizer.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
           -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
+          -K  --regex-colorizer /from/color/ colorize pattern of output (color: fg[:bg])
           -j, --json                         Read JSON input (must be array of hashes)
           -I, --interactive                  Interactively filter and select rows
           -g, --auto-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
           -J, --jsonout                      Enable JSON output
           -C, --csv                          Enable CSV output
           -A, --ascii                        Default output mode, ascii tabular
+          -P, --template <tpl>               Enable template mode with template <tpl>
           -L, --hightlight-lines             Use alternating background colors for tables
           -o, --ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by -A and -C. 
           -y, --yank-columns                 Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
@@ -77,16 +79,16 @@ DESCRIPTION
     use the -v option to exclude all rows which match the pattern. Hence:
 
        # read from STDIN
-       kubectl get pods | tablizer
+       > kubectl get pods | tablizer
 
        # read a file
-       tablizer -r filename
+       > tablizer -r filename
 
        # search for pattern in a file (works like grep)
-       tablizer regex -r filename
+       > tablizer regex -r filename
 
        # search for pattern in STDIN
-       kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
+       > kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
 
     The output looks like the original one. You can add the option -n, then
     every header field will have a numer associated with it, e.g.:
@@ -96,18 +98,18 @@ DESCRIPTION
     These numbers denote the column and you can use them to specify which
     columns you want to have in your output (see COLUMNS:
 
-       kubectl get pods | tablizer -c1,3
+       > kubectl get pods | tablizer -c1,3
 
     You can specify the numbers in any order but output will always follow
     the original order.
 
     However, you may also just use the header names instead of numbers, eg:
 
-       kubectl get pods | tablizer -cname,status
+       > kubectl get pods | tablizer -cname,status
 
     You can also use regular expressions with -c, eg:
 
-       kubectl get pods | tablizer -c '[ae]'
+       > kubectl get pods | tablizer -c '[ae]'
 
     By default tablizer shows a header containing the names of each column.
     This can be disabled using the -H option. Be aware that this only
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
     Example for a case insensitive search:
 
-        kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"
+        > kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"
 
     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,
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
     We want to see only the CMD column and use a regex for this:
 
-        ps | tablizer -s '\s+' -c C
+        > ps | tablizer -s '\s+' -c C
         CMD(4)
         bash
         ps
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
     Example:
 
-        cat t/testtable2
+        > cat t/testtable2
         NAME  DURATION
         x     10
         a     100
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
         u     4
         k     6
     
-        cat t/testtable2 | tablizer -T2 -R '/^\d/4/' -n
+        > cat t/testtable2 | tablizer -T2 -R '/^\d/4/' -n
         NAME    DURATION 
         x       40      
         a       400     
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
     header left, value right, aligned by the field widths. Here's an
     example:
 
-        kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended
+        > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended
             NAME: repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-7zq4l  
            READY: 1/1    
           STATUS: Running  
@@ -352,7 +354,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
     The option -o shell can be used if the output has to be processed by the
     shell, it prints variable assignments for each cell, one line per row:
 
-        kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended ./tablizer -o shell
+        > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended ./tablizer -o shell
         NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-7zq4l" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
         NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-m48n8" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
         NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-q2bf4" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h"
@@ -364,6 +366,18 @@ DESCRIPTION
     markdown which prints a Markdown table, yaml, which prints yaml encoding
     and CSV mode, which prints a comma separated value file.
 
+    A special output mode ist the Template mode, activated with the option
+    "--template". Template language is the Golang template language:
+    <https://pkg.go.dev/text/template>. You can also use lot's of additional
+    functions from: <https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/>. Here's an
+    example:
+
+        > kubectl get pods | tablizer --template "{{.name}} is {{.status}}"
+        alertmanager-kube-prometheus-alertmanager-0 is Running
+        grafana-fcc54cbc9-bk7s8 is Running
+
+    You can use header names as variables.
+
   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
@@ -454,9 +468,20 @@ CONFIGURATION AND COLORS
     lightGreen, lightMagenta, lightRed, lightWhite, lightYellow, magenta,
     red, white, yellow
 
-    The Variables FG and BG are being used to highlight matches. The other
+    but you may also use HTML color codes without the hash sign.
-    *FG and *BG variables are for colored table output (enabled with the
+
-    "-L" parameter).
+    The Variables FG and BG are being used to highlight matching rows. The
+    other *FG and *BG variables are for colored table output (enabled with
+    the "-L" parameter).
+
+    You can also use the option "-K" to colorize particular patterns, not
+    whole lines. The option can be given multiple times and expects the
+    following parameter:
+
+        -K '/regex/foreground[:background]/
+
+    that is, background color is optional. This colorization will applied on
+    top of any previous colorizations, if any.
 
     Colorization can be turned off completely either by setting the
     parameter "-N" or the environment variable NO_COLOR to a true value.
@@ -518,6 +543,7 @@ Operational Flags:
   -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
+  -K  --regex-colorizer /from/color/ colorize pattern of output (color: fg[:bg])
   -j, --json                         Read JSON input (must be array of hashes)
   -I, --interactive                  Interactively filter and select rows
   -g, --auto-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
@@ -532,6 +558,7 @@ Output Flags (mutually exclusive):
   -J, --jsonout                      Enable JSON output
   -C, --csv                          Enable CSV output
   -A, --ascii                        Default output mode, ascii tabular
+  -P, --template <tpl>               Enable template mode with template <tpl>
   -L, --hightlight-lines             Use alternating background colors for tables
   -o, --ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by -A and -C. 
   -y, --yank-columns                 Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,

go.mod

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 // indirect
@@ -34,12 +38,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-localereader v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 // indirect
@@ -49,9 +57,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
+	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.16.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.15.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
+github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 h1:5nUrii3FMTL5diU80unEVvNevw1nH4+ZV4DSLVJLSYI=
+github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1/go.mod h1:8cTjp+g8YejhMuvIA5y2vz3BpJxksy863GQaJW2MFNU=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 h1:B8LGeaivUe71a5qox1ICM/JLl0NqZSW5CHyL+hmvYS0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:4V+yj/TJE1HU9XfppCwVMZq3I84lprf4nC11bSS5beM=
+github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0 h1:mQh0Yrg1XPo6vjYXgtf5OtijNAKJRNcTdOOGZe3tPhs=
+github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:Zy1iXRYNqNLUolqCpL4uhk6SHUMAOSCzdgBfDb35Lz0=
 github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3 h1:YB2fHEn0UJagG8T1rrWknE3ZQzWM06O8AMAatNn7lmo=
 github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.3/go.mod h1:JEDfjyjHDjOF/1e4FlBE/PkbqA9OfWu2ki2W0IB5558=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs=
@@ -38,12 +46,16 @@ github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.3 h1:ZrJSEWsXzPOxaZnFteGEfooLba+ju3FYIbOrS+rQd68=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.3/go.mod h1:wGDj63lr65AM2AQyKZd/NYHGb0R+1RLqB8NKt3aSFNA=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gookit/assert v0.1.1 h1:lh3GcawXe/p+cU7ESTZ5Ui3Sm/x8JWpIis4/1aF0mY0=
 github.com/gookit/assert v0.1.1/go.mod h1:jS5bmIVQZTIwk42uXl4lyj4iaaxx32tqH16CFj0VX2E=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0 h1:JjJXBTk1ETNyqyilJhkTXJYYigHG24TM9Xa2M1xAhRA=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0/go.mod h1:9ACFc7/1IpHGBW8RwuDm/0YEnhg3dwwXpoMsmtyHfjs=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.24.0 h1:2QJdZ454DSsYGoaE6QheQZjtKZSUs9Nh2izTWiwQxvE=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.24.0/go.mod h1:oGoO1FIQYfn/AgyOhlg9qLC6/nOJPX3qGbkZpYAcqfM=
+github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 h1:2ag3IFq9ZDANvthTwTiqSSZLjDc+BedvHPAp5tJy2TI=
+github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.8 h1:/HIuJnjHuXS8bKaiTMeeDlW2/AyIWk2brx1V8LFgLN4=
@@ -60,8 +72,12 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRC
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.12/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRCM46jaSJTDAk=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 h1:TLuKupo69TCn6TQSyGxwI1EblZZEsQ0vMlAFQflz0v0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:R62XHJLzvMFRBbcrT7m7WgmE1eOyTSsCt+hzestvNj0=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 h1:G2LzWKi524PWgd3mLHV8Y5k7s6XUvT0Gef6zxSIeXaQ=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6 h1:ZK8zHtRHOkbHy6Mmr5D264iyp3TiX5OmNcI5cIARiQI=
 github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6/go.mod h1:CJlz5H+gyd6CUWT45Oy4q24RdLyn7Md9Vj2/ldJBSIo=
 github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 h1:3I4Kt4BQjOR54NavqnDogx/MIoWBFa0StPA8ELUXHmA=
@@ -88,6 +104,10 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0t
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/scylladb/termtables v0.0.0-20191203121021-c4c0b6d42ff4/go.mod h1:C1a7PQSMz9NShzorzCiG2fk9+xuCgLkPeCvMHYR2OWg=
+github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 h1:bxl37RwXBklmTi0C79JfXCEBD1cqqHt0bbgBAGFp81k=
+github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gawqmDU56v4yIKSwfBSFip1HdCCXN8/+DMd9qYNcwME=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1 h1:lJeBwCfmrnXthfAupyUTzJ/J4Nc1RsHC/mSRU2dll/s=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1/go.mod h1:7SmJGaTHFVBY0jW4NXGluQoLvhqFQM+6XSKD+P4XaB0=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 h1:9exaQaMOCwffKiiiYk6/BndUBv+iRViNW+4lEMi0PvY=
@@ -107,6 +127,8 @@ github.com/zclconf/go-cty-debug v0.0.0-20240509010212-0d6042c53940 h1:4r45xpDWB6
 github.com/zclconf/go-cty-debug v0.0.0-20240509010212-0d6042c53940/go.mod h1:CmBdvvj3nqzfzJ6nTCIwDTPZ56aVGvDrmztiO5g3qrM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 h1:jt+WWG8IZlBnVbomuhg2Mdq0+BBQaHbtqHEFEigjUV8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0/go.mod h1:MvrbAqul58NNYPKnOra203SB9vpuZW0e+RRZV+Ggqjw=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=

lib/filter.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch/fuzzy"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/cfg"
+	"github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch/fuzzy"
 )
 
 /*

lib/helpers.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/cfg"
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
 )
 
 func findindex(s []int, e int) (int, bool) {
@@ -245,35 +245,33 @@ func reduceColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 }
 
-// FIXME: refactor this beast!
 func colorizeData(conf cfg.Config, output string) string {
+	if !conf.NoColor && !color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
+		return output
+	}
+
 	switch {
-	case conf.UseHighlight && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout):
+	case conf.UseHighlight:
 		highlight := true
 		colorized := ""
-		first := true
+		style := color.Style{}
 
-		for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
+		for idx, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
-			if highlight {
+			if idx == 0 {
-				if first {
+				style = conf.HighlightHdrStyle
-					// we  need to add  two spaces to the  header line
-					//  because tablewriter omits them for some reason
-					//  in pprint mode. This doesn't matter as long as
-					//  we don't use colorization. But with colors the
-					// missing spaces can be seen.
-					if conf.OutputMode == cfg.ASCII {
-						line += "  "
-					}
-
-					line = conf.HighlightHdrStyle.Sprint(line)
-					first = false
-				} else {
-					line = conf.HighlightStyle.Sprint(line)
-				}
-			} else {
-				line = conf.NoHighlightStyle.Sprint(line)
 			}
 
+			switch highlight {
+			case true:
+				if idx > 0 {
+					style = conf.HighlightStyle
+				}
+			case false:
+				style = conf.NoHighlightStyle
+			}
+
+			line = style.Sprint(line)
+
 			highlight = !highlight
 
 			colorized += line + "\n"
@@ -281,7 +279,7 @@ func colorizeData(conf cfg.Config, output string) string {
 
 		return colorized
 
-	case len(conf.Patterns) > 0 && !conf.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout):
+	case len(conf.Patterns) > 0:
 		out := output
 
 		for _, re := range conf.Patterns {

lib/printer.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2022-2025 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2022-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"text/template"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/cfg"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
@@ -66,13 +69,15 @@ func printData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		printJsonData(writer, data)
 	case cfg.CSV:
 		printCSVData(writer, conf, data)
+	case cfg.Template:
+		printTemplateData(writer, conf, data)
 	default:
 		printASCIIData(writer, conf, data)
 	}
 }
 
-func output(writer io.Writer, str string) {
+func output(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, str string) {
-	_, err := fmt.Fprint(writer, str)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprint(writer, colorizeOutput(conf, str))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to print output: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ func printOrgmodeData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
+	output(writer, conf, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }
 
 /*
@@ -193,7 +198,7 @@ func printMarkdownData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
+	output(writer, conf, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }
 
 /*
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ func printASCIIData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to render table: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	output(writer, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
+	output(writer, conf, color.Sprint(colorizeData(conf, tableString.String())))
 }
 
 /*
@@ -271,7 +276,7 @@ func printExtendedData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	output(writer, colorizeData(conf, out))
+	output(writer, conf, colorizeData(conf, out))
 }
 
 /*
@@ -294,7 +299,7 @@ func printShellData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 
 	// no colorization here
-	output(writer, out)
+	output(writer, cfg.Config{}, out)
 }
 
 func printJsonData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
@@ -323,7 +328,7 @@ func printJsonData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	output(writer, string(jsonstr))
+	output(writer, cfg.Config{}, string(jsonstr))
 }
 
 func printYamlData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
@@ -360,7 +365,7 @@ func printYamlData(writer io.Writer, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	output(writer, string(yamlstr))
+	output(writer, cfg.Config{}, string(yamlstr))
 }
 
 func printCSVData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
@@ -388,3 +393,45 @@ func printCSVData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func printTemplateData(writer io.Writer, conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
+	tmpl, err := template.New("printer").Funcs(sprig.TxtFuncMap()).Parse(conf.Template)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to parse template: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := strings.Builder{}
+
+	for line, dict := range data.ToMap() {
+		err = tmpl.Execute(&buf, dict)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to execute template in line %d: %s", line, err)
+		}
+
+		buf.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(writer, buf.String()); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to print output: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func colorizeOutput(conf cfg.Config, input string) string {
+	if len(conf.UseColorizers) > 0 && !conf.NoColor && color.IsConsole(os.Stdout) {
+		for _, colorizer := range conf.UseColorizers {
+			// colorize matching parts of the whole output with given color, if the terminal supports it
+			// color may contain fg:bg or just fg. Color definitions see https://github.com/gookit/color
+			input = colorizer.Search.ReplaceAllStringFunc(input, func(in string) string {
+				col := colorizer.Replace
+				if strings.Contains(col, ":") {
+					parts := strings.Split(col, ":")
+					return color.Sprintf("<fg=%s;bg=%s>%s</>", parts[0], parts[1], in)
+				}
+
+				return color.Sprintf("<fg=%s>%s</>", col, in)
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return input
+}

lib/sort.go

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/araddon/dateparse"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/cfg"
+	"github.com/araddon/dateparse"
 )
 
 func sortTable(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ func sortTable(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	for _, column := range conf.UseSortByColumn {
+		if column > len(data.headers) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// actual sorting
 	sort.SliceStable(data.entries, func(i, j int) bool {
 		// holds the result of a sort of one column

lib/tabdata.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
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package lib
 
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 // contains a whole parsed table
 type Tabdata struct {
 	maxwidthHeader int      // longest header
@@ -34,3 +39,41 @@ func (data *Tabdata) CloneEmpty() Tabdata {
 
 	return newdata
 }
+
+// convert our internal data to a list of maps
+func (data *Tabdata) ToMap() []map[string]any {
+	dictlist := make([]map[string]any, len(data.entries))
+	headers := make([]string, len(data.headers))
+
+	for idx, header := range data.headers {
+		headers[idx] = strings.ToLower(header)
+	}
+
+	for line, row := range data.entries {
+		dict := make(map[string]any, len(data.headers))
+
+		for col, cell := range row {
+			n, ok := strconv.Atoi(cell)
+			if ok == nil {
+				dict[headers[col]] = n
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if strings.ToLower(cell) == "true" {
+				dict[headers[col]] = true
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if strings.ToLower(cell) == "false" {
+				dict[headers[col]] = false
+				continue
+			}
+
+			dict[headers[col]] = cell
+		}
+
+		dictlist[line] = dict
+	}
+
+	return dictlist
+}

t/test-template.txtar

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -P '{{.species | title}}s are {{.type }}'
+stdout 'Humans are invasive'
+
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -P '{{.species | sha256sum}}'
+stdout '79a5478768d2447431a90f7f4549df735f50ad541371464c248abc7522dc3a01'
+
+exec tablizer -r testtable.txt -P '{{add 100 .count}}'
+stdout 104
+
+-- testtable.txt --
+SPECIES   TYPE         HOME     COUNT  STAGE
+human     invasive     earth    4      brink
+riedl     peaceful     keauna   33     civilized
+namak     invasive     namak    123    imperium
+heduu     peaceful     iu       66     imperium
+kenaha    peaceful     kohi     3333   hunter-gatherer

t/testtable6.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Date,Account Number,Subject,Amount
+20250101,968723487,Dogs Medication Invoice 9919292,-450.00
+20250103,172747812,Tax return tax id HHD813D/12564H,+912.14
+20250105,987122711,Car repair order 020123,-299.45
+20250108,731217273,Rent - 12234 Sunset Blvd,-2960.00

tablizer.1

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-10-13" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2026-01-19" "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
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 \&      \-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
+\&      \-K  \-\-regex\-colorizer /from/color/ colorize pattern of output (color: fg[:bg])
 \&      \-j, \-\-json                         Read JSON input (must be array of hashes)
 \&      \-I, \-\-interactive                  Interactively filter and select rows
 \&      \-g, \-\-auto\-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ tablizer \- Manipulate tabular output of other programs
 \&      \-J, \-\-jsonout                      Enable JSON output
 \&      \-C, \-\-csv                          Enable CSV output
 \&      \-A, \-\-ascii                        Default output mode, ascii tabular
+\&      \-P, \-\-template <tpl>               Enable template mode with template <tpl>
 \&      \-L, \-\-hightlight\-lines             Use alternating background colors for tables
 \&      \-o, \-\-ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by \-A and \-C. 
 \&      \-y, \-\-yank\-columns                 Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
@@ -219,16 +221,16 @@ pattern. Hence:
 .PP
 .Vb 2
 \&   # read from STDIN
-\&   kubectl get pods | tablizer
+\&   > kubectl get pods | tablizer
 \&
 \&   # read a file
-\&   tablizer \-r filename
+\&   > tablizer \-r filename
 \&
 \&   # search for pattern in a file (works like grep)
-\&   tablizer regex \-r filename
+\&   > tablizer regex \-r filename
 \&
 \&   # search for pattern in STDIN
-\&   kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
+\&   > kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
 .Ve
 .PP
 The output looks like the original  one. You can add the option \fB\-n\fR,
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ These numbers denote the column and  you can use them to specify which
 columns you want to have in your output (see \s-1COLUMNS\s0:
 .PP
 .Vb 1
-\&   kubectl get pods | tablizer \-c1,3
+\&   > kubectl get pods | tablizer \-c1,3
 .Ve
 .PP
 You can specify the numbers in any order but output will always follow
@@ -252,13 +254,13 @@ However, you may also just use the header names instead of numbers,
 eg:
 .PP
 .Vb 1
-\&   kubectl get pods | tablizer \-cname,status
+\&   > kubectl get pods | tablizer \-cname,status
 .Ve
 .PP
 You can also use regular expressions with \fB\-c\fR, eg:
 .PP
 .Vb 1
-\&   kubectl get pods | tablizer \-c \*(Aq[ae]\*(Aq
+\&   > kubectl get pods | tablizer \-c \*(Aq[ae]\*(Aq
 .Ve
 .PP
 By  default tablizer  shows  a  header containing  the  names of  each
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ and append the flag. The following flags are supported:
 Example for a case insensitive search:
 .PP
 .Vb 1
-\&    kubectl get pods \-A | tablizer "/account/i"
+\&    > kubectl get pods \-A | tablizer "/account/i"
 .Ve
 .PP
 If you use the \f(CW\*(C`!\*(C'\fR flag, then the regex match will be negated, that
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ Lets take this table:
 We want to see only the \s-1CMD\s0 column and use a regex for this:
 .PP
 .Vb 6
-\&    ps | tablizer \-s \*(Aq\es+\*(Aq \-c C
+\&    > ps | tablizer \-s \*(Aq\es+\*(Aq \-c C
 \&    CMD(4)
 \&    bash
 \&    ps
@@ -497,7 +499,7 @@ use a regexp containing the \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR character, eg:
 Example:
 .PP
 .Vb 7
-\&    cat t/testtable2
+\&    > cat t/testtable2
 \&    NAME  DURATION
 \&    x     10
 \&    a     100
@@ -505,7 +507,7 @@ Example:
 \&    u     4
 \&    k     6
 \&    
-\&    cat t/testtable2 | tablizer \-T2 \-R \*(Aq/^\ed/4/\*(Aq \-n
+\&    > cat t/testtable2 | tablizer \-T2 \-R \*(Aq/^\ed/4/\*(Aq \-n
 \&    NAME    DURATION 
 \&    x       40      
 \&    a       400     
@@ -523,7 +525,7 @@ printed vertically,  header left,  value right,  aligned by  the field
 widths. Here's an example:
 .PP
 .Vb 6
-\&    kubectl get pods | ./tablizer \-o extended
+\&    > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer \-o extended
 \&        NAME: repldepl\-7bcd8d5b64\-7zq4l  
 \&       READY: 1/1    
 \&      STATUS: Running  
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ by the shell,  it prints variable assignments for each  cell, one line
 per row:
 .PP
 .Vb 4
-\&    kubectl get pods | ./tablizer \-o extended ./tablizer \-o shell
+\&    > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer \-o extended ./tablizer \-o shell
 \&    NAME="repldepl\-7bcd8d5b64\-7zq4l" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
 \&    NAME="repldepl\-7bcd8d5b64\-m48n8" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
 \&    NAME="repldepl\-7bcd8d5b64\-q2bf4" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h"
@@ -550,8 +552,22 @@ You can use this in an eval loop.
 Beside normal  ascii mode  (the default) and  extended mode  there are
 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
+prints  yaml encoding  and \fB\s-1CSV\s0\fR  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.
+.PP
+A special output mode ist the \fBTemplate\fR mode, activated with the
+option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-template\*(C'\fR. Template language is the Golang template
+language: <https://pkg.go.dev/text/template>. You can also use lot's
+of additional functions from:
+<https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/>. Here's an example:
+.PP
+.Vb 3
+\&    > kubectl get pods | tablizer \-\-template "{{.name}} is {{.status}}"
+\&    alertmanager\-kube\-prometheus\-alertmanager\-0 is Running
+\&    grafana\-fcc54cbc9\-bk7s8 is Running
+.Ve
+.PP
+You can use header names as variables.
 .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
@@ -667,9 +683,22 @@ black, blue,  cyan, darkGray, default, green,  lightBlue, lightCyan,
 lightGreen,   lightMagenta,   lightRed,   lightWhite,   lightYellow,
 magenta, red, white, yellow
 .PP
-The Variables \fB\s-1FG\s0\fR and \fB\s-1BG\s0\fR are being used to highlight matches. The
+but you may also use \s-1HTML\s0 color codes without the hash sign.
-other *FG and *BG variables are for colored table output (enabled with
+.PP
-the \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR parameter).
+The Variables  \fB\s-1FG\s0\fR and  \fB\s-1BG\s0\fR are being  used to  highlight matching
+rows. The  other *FG and  *BG variables  are for colored  table output
+(enabled with the \f(CW\*(C`\-L\*(C'\fR parameter).
+.PP
+You can also use the option \f(CW\*(C`\-K\*(C'\fR to colorize particular patterns, not
+whole lines. The option can be given multiple times and expects the
+following parameter:
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\&    \-K \*(Aq/regex/foreground[:background]/
+.Ve
+.PP
+that is, background color is optional. This colorization will applied
+on top of any previous colorizations, if any.
 .PP
 Colorization can be turned off completely either by setting the
 parameter \f(CW\*(C`\-N\*(C'\fR or the environment variable \fB\s-1NO_COLOR\s0\fR to a true value.

tablizer.pod

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
       -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
+      -K  --regex-colorizer /from/color/ colorize pattern of output (color: fg[:bg])
       -j, --json                         Read JSON input (must be array of hashes)
       -I, --interactive                  Interactively filter and select rows
       -g, --auto-headers                 Generate headers if there are none present in input
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ tablizer - Manipulate tabular output of other programs
       -J, --jsonout                      Enable JSON output
       -C, --csv                          Enable CSV output
       -A, --ascii                        Default output mode, ascii tabular
+      -P, --template <tpl>               Enable template mode with template <tpl>
       -L, --hightlight-lines             Use alternating background colors for tables
       -o, --ofs <char>                   Output field separator, used by -A and -C. 
       -y, --yank-columns                 Yank specified columns (separated by ,) to clipboard,
@@ -80,16 +82,16 @@ may also  use the  B<-v> option  to exclude all  rows which  match the
 pattern. Hence:
 
    # read from STDIN
-   kubectl get pods | tablizer
+   > kubectl get pods | tablizer
 
    # read a file
-   tablizer -r filename
+   > tablizer -r filename
 
    # search for pattern in a file (works like grep)
-   tablizer regex -r filename
+   > tablizer regex -r filename
 
    # search for pattern in STDIN
-   kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
+   > kubectl get pods | tablizer regex
 
 The output looks like the original  one. You can add the option B<-n>,
 then every header field will have a numer associated with it, e.g.:
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ then every header field will have a numer associated with it, e.g.:
 These numbers denote the column and  you can use them to specify which
 columns you want to have in your output (see L<COLUMNS>:
 
-   kubectl get pods | tablizer -c1,3
+   > kubectl get pods | tablizer -c1,3
 
 You can specify the numbers in any order but output will always follow
 the original order.
@@ -107,11 +109,11 @@ the original order.
 However, you may also just use the header names instead of numbers,
 eg:
 
-   kubectl get pods | tablizer -cname,status
+   > kubectl get pods | tablizer -cname,status
 
 You can also use regular expressions with B<-c>, eg:
 
-   kubectl get pods | tablizer -c '[ae]'  
+   > kubectl get pods | tablizer -c '[ae]'  
 
 By  default tablizer  shows  a  header containing  the  names of  each
 column.  This can  be disabled using the B<-H> option.   Be aware that
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ and append the flag. The following flags are supported:
 
 Example for a case insensitive search:
 
-    kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"
+    > kubectl get pods -A | tablizer "/account/i"
 
 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
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ Lets take this table:
 
 We want to see only the CMD column and use a regex for this:
 
-    ps | tablizer -s '\s+' -c C
+    > ps | tablizer -s '\s+' -c C
     CMD(4)
     bash
     ps
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ use a regexp containing the C</> character, eg:
 
 Example:
     
-    cat t/testtable2
+    > cat t/testtable2
     NAME  DURATION
     x     10
     a     100
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ Example:
     u     4
     k     6
     
-    cat t/testtable2 | tablizer -T2 -R '/^\d/4/' -n
+    > cat t/testtable2 | tablizer -T2 -R '/^\d/4/' -n
     NAME    DURATION 
     x       40      
     a       400     
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ useful which enables I<extended mode>. In  this mode, each row will be
 printed vertically,  header left,  value right,  aligned by  the field
 widths. Here's an example:
 
-    kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended
+    > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended
         NAME: repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-7zq4l  
        READY: 1/1    
       STATUS: Running  
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ The option B<-o shell>  can be used if the output  has to be processed
 by the shell,  it prints variable assignments for each  cell, one line
 per row:
 
-    kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended ./tablizer -o shell
+    > kubectl get pods | ./tablizer -o extended ./tablizer -o shell
     NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-7zq4l" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
     NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-m48n8" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
     NAME="repldepl-7bcd8d5b64-q2bf4" READY="1/1" STATUS="Running" RESTARTS="9 (47m ago)" AGE="4d23h" 
@@ -389,9 +391,22 @@ You can use this in an eval loop.
 Beside normal  ascii mode  (the default) and  extended mode  there are
 more output modes available: B<orgtbl>  which prints an Emacs org-mode
 table and  B<markdown> which prints  a Markdown table,  B<yaml>, which
-prints  yaml encoding  and CSV  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
+prints  yaml encoding  and B<CSV>  mode, which  prints a  comma separated
 value file.
 
+A special output mode ist the B<Template> mode, activated with the
+option C<--template>. Template language is the Golang template
+language: L<https://pkg.go.dev/text/template>. You can also use lot's
+of additional functions from:
+L<https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/>. Here's an example:
+
+    > kubectl get pods | tablizer --template "{{.name}} is {{.status}}"
+    alertmanager-kube-prometheus-alertmanager-0 is Running
+    grafana-fcc54cbc9-bk7s8 is Running
+
+
+You can use header names as variables.
+
 =head2 PUT FIELDS TO CLIPBOARD
 
 You can let tablizer put fields to the clipboard using the option
@@ -500,9 +515,20 @@ black, blue,  cyan, darkGray, default, green,  lightBlue, lightCyan,
 lightGreen,   lightMagenta,   lightRed,   lightWhite,   lightYellow,
 magenta, red, white, yellow
 
-The Variables B<FG> and B<BG> are being used to highlight matches. The
+but you may also use HTML color codes without the hash sign.
-other *FG and *BG variables are for colored table output (enabled with
+
-the C<-L> parameter).
+The Variables  B<FG> and  B<BG> are being  used to  highlight matching
+rows. The  other *FG and  *BG variables  are for colored  table output
+(enabled with the C<-L> parameter).
+
+You can also use the option C<-K> to colorize particular patterns, not
+whole lines. The option can be given multiple times and expects the
+following parameter:
+
+    -K '/regex/foreground[:background]/
+
+that is, background color is optional. This colorization will applied
+on top of any previous colorizations, if any.
 
 Colorization can be turned off completely either by setting the
 parameter C<-N> or the environment variable B<NO_COLOR> to a true value.