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Groff
40 lines
887 B
Groff
.TH widest "" "" "/rdb Command"
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.PC "Output the width of the widest entries in a table"
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\fBwidest < \fItable\fR
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.PP
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.II "column^find widest entry"
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.II "column^find widest rows"
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The command
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.B widest
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reads
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.I table
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and writes to the standard output a second table
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that gives the width of the widest entry in each column.
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.SH Example
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The command
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.DM
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widest < inventory
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.DE
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.PP
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reads table
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.B inventory
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and writes something like the following to the standard output:
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.DM
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Item Amount Cost Value Description
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---- ------ ---- ----- --------------
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4 6 4 5 14
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.DE
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.PP
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Each number is the width, in characters,
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.BR inventory 's
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the widest entry in that column.
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You can use this information for formatting.
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.B /rdb
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does not require a schema because it gets the parameters
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of the tables from the tables themselves.
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.SH "See Also"
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.B
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width
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.R
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.SO widest
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