Reduce space between numbers and paths in “dirs -v” output
I feel like the space between the numbers and the paths is too much and I believe that less space would make lines easier to follow.
Is there an easy way reduce that space?
zsh output
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
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I feel like the space between the numbers and the paths is too much and I believe that less space would make lines easier to follow.
Is there an easy way reduce that space?
zsh output
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
3
That space is actually a single tab char... Replacehead -10withsed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
2
It's explained in the manual (man sed)...10qmeansquit when on line no.10
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
1
dir -v | column -tcan help.
– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51
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I feel like the space between the numbers and the paths is too much and I believe that less space would make lines easier to follow.
Is there an easy way reduce that space?
zsh output
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
I feel like the space between the numbers and the paths is too much and I believe that less space would make lines easier to follow.
Is there an easy way reduce that space?
zsh output
zsh output
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
asked Dec 16 at 20:15
Emanuil Rusev
1146
1146
3
That space is actually a single tab char... Replacehead -10withsed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
2
It's explained in the manual (man sed)...10qmeansquit when on line no.10
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
1
dir -v | column -tcan help.
– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51
|
show 1 more comment
3
That space is actually a single tab char... Replacehead -10withsed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
2
It's explained in the manual (man sed)...10qmeansquit when on line no.10
– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
1
dir -v | column -tcan help.
– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51
3
3
That space is actually a single tab char... Replace
head -10 with sed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
That space is actually a single tab char... Replace
head -10 with sed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -
10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -
10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
2
2
It's explained in the manual (
man sed)... 10q means quit when on line no. 10– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
It's explained in the manual (
man sed)... 10q means quit when on line no. 10– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
1
1
dir -v | column -t can help.– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51
dir -v | column -t can help.– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51
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That's a TAB, you see a 7 column gap because your terminal has tab stops every 8 columns.
You could change the tabstop spacing on the terminal with for instance:
tabs 4
To set the tab stops every 4 columns instead of 8, or pipe the output to:
expand -t4
To convert TABs to spaces with tabstops every 4 column. Or
expand -t4,/8
To expand the tabs but with the first after the 4th column, and the other ones every 8 column as usual.
Or convert the first TAB to one space (but beware it would misalign the output when you display more than 10 lines) by piping to:
sed $'s/t/ /'
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
Stéphane Chazelas
299k54564913
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quick'n dirty
dirs -v| sed -r 's/s{2,}/ /'
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 20:58
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That's a TAB, you see a 7 column gap because your terminal has tab stops every 8 columns.
You could change the tabstop spacing on the terminal with for instance:
tabs 4
To set the tab stops every 4 columns instead of 8, or pipe the output to:
expand -t4
To convert TABs to spaces with tabstops every 4 column. Or
expand -t4,/8
To expand the tabs but with the first after the 4th column, and the other ones every 8 column as usual.
Or convert the first TAB to one space (but beware it would misalign the output when you display more than 10 lines) by piping to:
sed $'s/t/ /'
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
Stéphane Chazelas
299k54564913
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That's a TAB, you see a 7 column gap because your terminal has tab stops every 8 columns.
You could change the tabstop spacing on the terminal with for instance:
tabs 4
To set the tab stops every 4 columns instead of 8, or pipe the output to:
expand -t4
To convert TABs to spaces with tabstops every 4 column. Or
expand -t4,/8
To expand the tabs but with the first after the 4th column, and the other ones every 8 column as usual.
Or convert the first TAB to one space (but beware it would misalign the output when you display more than 10 lines) by piping to:
sed $'s/t/ /'
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
Stéphane Chazelas
299k54564913
add a comment |
That's a TAB, you see a 7 column gap because your terminal has tab stops every 8 columns.
You could change the tabstop spacing on the terminal with for instance:
tabs 4
To set the tab stops every 4 columns instead of 8, or pipe the output to:
expand -t4
To convert TABs to spaces with tabstops every 4 column. Or
expand -t4,/8
To expand the tabs but with the first after the 4th column, and the other ones every 8 column as usual.
Or convert the first TAB to one space (but beware it would misalign the output when you display more than 10 lines) by piping to:
sed $'s/t/ /'
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
Stéphane Chazelas
299k54564913
That's a TAB, you see a 7 column gap because your terminal has tab stops every 8 columns.
You could change the tabstop spacing on the terminal with for instance:
tabs 4
To set the tab stops every 4 columns instead of 8, or pipe the output to:
expand -t4
To convert TABs to spaces with tabstops every 4 column. Or
expand -t4,/8
To expand the tabs but with the first after the 4th column, and the other ones every 8 column as usual.
Or convert the first TAB to one space (but beware it would misalign the output when you display more than 10 lines) by piping to:
sed $'s/t/ /'
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
Stéphane Chazelas
299k54564913
answered Dec 21 at 16:56
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answered Dec 21 at 16:56
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quick'n dirty
dirs -v| sed -r 's/s{2,}/ /'
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 20:58
add a comment |
quick'n dirty
dirs -v| sed -r 's/s{2,}/ /'
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 20:58
add a comment |
quick'n dirty
dirs -v| sed -r 's/s{2,}/ /'
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
quick'n dirty
dirs -v| sed -r 's/s{2,}/ /'
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
212
answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
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answered Dec 16 at 20:33
La Kantara
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Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
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Dec 16 at 20:58
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Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 20:58
Awesome, could you please explain what each part does? Thanks!
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That space is actually a single tab char... Replace
head -10withsed 's/[[:blank:]]/ /;10q'...– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 20:34
Awesome, does the job perfectly! What's the second part of the sed value called the one that limits lines to 10 -
10q, I'd love to find out more about that. Thanks!– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:05
2
It's explained in the manual (
man sed)...10qmeansquit when on line no.10– don_crissti
Dec 16 at 21:09
Awesome, thanks so much!
– Emanuil Rusev
Dec 16 at 21:14
1
dir -v | column -tcan help.– jimmij
Dec 16 at 21:51