On Monday, December 30, 2013 2:14:49 PM UTC, Charlie Garrison wrote: > On 30/12/13 at 5:51 AM -0800, Melissa <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > >Does anyone know of a quick way to nicely format data into columns? > > I don't believe there is a native method any longer (used to a > be a plugin for it ages ago). But `column` command could be used > in a filter. > > Create a new file with the following contents: > > #!/bin/sh > column -t > > Save the file in BBEdit's 'Text Filters' folder and then run the > filter on your file. > > Eg. using your sample data, it outputs: > > Fruit Colour Amount > Apple Green 2 > Apple Red 31 > Grapefruit Pink 1 >
Thank you very much for this! Or if you really want the entable script; I found it here (my > copy is 7 years old, so grab the latest): > > <http://entable.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html> > Thank you -- I'll download it and give it a try as well. Melissa -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
