xargs vertical alignment of output
I want to extract certain values from files in many subdirectories. I have a working code that does this:
for i in */; do grep "free energy" "$i"filename | tail -1 | xargs -I{} echo "$i: {}" >> output.txt; done
the tail -1 command gives me the last output from each file (which I want) and the xargs construction prepends the folder name so I know which line belongs to which system. The output.txt looks like this:
Cr/: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
Where Cr, Hf, N, TiN and so on are the folder names. My problem is that the values on the right side are not aligned properly, because the folders have different character lengths. Changing the folder names is out of the question so I want the xargs command to always use a certain amount of spaces (like 10) - at least as a minimum - so the vertical alignment is proper. The result should look something like this:
Cr/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/ : free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/ : free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/ : free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
or this
Cr /: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf /: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N /: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb /: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti /: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
so that I can easily copy all the values at once with Alt + Leftclick.
grep xargs
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
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I want to extract certain values from files in many subdirectories. I have a working code that does this:
for i in */; do grep "free energy" "$i"filename | tail -1 | xargs -I{} echo "$i: {}" >> output.txt; done
the tail -1 command gives me the last output from each file (which I want) and the xargs construction prepends the folder name so I know which line belongs to which system. The output.txt looks like this:
Cr/: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
Where Cr, Hf, N, TiN and so on are the folder names. My problem is that the values on the right side are not aligned properly, because the folders have different character lengths. Changing the folder names is out of the question so I want the xargs command to always use a certain amount of spaces (like 10) - at least as a minimum - so the vertical alignment is proper. The result should look something like this:
Cr/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/ : free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/ : free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/ : free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
or this
Cr /: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf /: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N /: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb /: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti /: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
so that I can easily copy all the values at once with Alt + Leftclick.
grep xargs
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
1
Pipe through column command.
– Ipor Sircer
Dec 11 at 11:05
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I want to extract certain values from files in many subdirectories. I have a working code that does this:
for i in */; do grep "free energy" "$i"filename | tail -1 | xargs -I{} echo "$i: {}" >> output.txt; done
the tail -1 command gives me the last output from each file (which I want) and the xargs construction prepends the folder name so I know which line belongs to which system. The output.txt looks like this:
Cr/: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
Where Cr, Hf, N, TiN and so on are the folder names. My problem is that the values on the right side are not aligned properly, because the folders have different character lengths. Changing the folder names is out of the question so I want the xargs command to always use a certain amount of spaces (like 10) - at least as a minimum - so the vertical alignment is proper. The result should look something like this:
Cr/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/ : free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/ : free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/ : free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
or this
Cr /: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf /: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N /: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb /: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti /: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
so that I can easily copy all the values at once with Alt + Leftclick.
grep xargs
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
I want to extract certain values from files in many subdirectories. I have a working code that does this:
for i in */; do grep "free energy" "$i"filename | tail -1 | xargs -I{} echo "$i: {}" >> output.txt; done
the tail -1 command gives me the last output from each file (which I want) and the xargs construction prepends the folder name so I know which line belongs to which system. The output.txt looks like this:
Cr/: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
Where Cr, Hf, N, TiN and so on are the folder names. My problem is that the values on the right side are not aligned properly, because the folders have different character lengths. Changing the folder names is out of the question so I want the xargs command to always use a certain amount of spaces (like 10) - at least as a minimum - so the vertical alignment is proper. The result should look something like this:
Cr/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf/ : free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N/ : free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb/ : free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti/ : free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
or this
Cr /: free energy TOTEN = -18.87487583 eV
Hf /: free energy TOTEN = -18.76845679 eV
N /: free energy TOTEN = -15.90748159 eV
Nb /: free energy TOTEN = -20.38801759 eV
Ti /: free energy TOTEN = -14.92233353 eV
TiN/: free energy TOTEN = -78.73147048 eV
so that I can easily copy all the values at once with Alt + Leftclick.
grep xargs
grep xargs
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
asked Dec 11 at 10:56
Andreas
253
253
1
Pipe through column command.
– Ipor Sircer
Dec 11 at 11:05
add a comment |
1
Pipe through column command.
– Ipor Sircer
Dec 11 at 11:05
1
1
Pipe through column command.
– Ipor Sircer
Dec 11 at 11:05
Pipe through column command.
– Ipor Sircer
Dec 11 at 11:05
add a comment |
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printf is what you want
xargs -I{} printf "%-10s: %sn" "$i" "{}"
Note that this will use /usr/bin/printf, not the shell's builtin printf.
answered Dec 11 at 18:24
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printf is what you want
xargs -I{} printf "%-10s: %sn" "$i" "{}"
Note that this will use /usr/bin/printf, not the shell's builtin printf.
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printf is what you want
xargs -I{} printf "%-10s: %sn" "$i" "{}"
Note that this will use /usr/bin/printf, not the shell's builtin printf.
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printf is what you want
xargs -I{} printf "%-10s: %sn" "$i" "{}"
Note that this will use /usr/bin/printf, not the shell's builtin printf.
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printf is what you want
xargs -I{} printf "%-10s: %sn" "$i" "{}"
Note that this will use /usr/bin/printf, not the shell's builtin printf.
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Pipe through column command.
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