pview

#!/bin/bash

# INSTALL: symlink or copy this file to /usr/local/bin 
#
# Paginated command line viewer for column-based data
#
# Usage:
# $ pview [-s separator] filepath 
#
# Positional Arguments:
# * filepath: Path to text data
#
# Options:
# * [-s separator]: Column separator token (default comma)
#
# Notes:
# Adapted from Stefaan Lippens
# https://www.stefaanlippens.net/pretty-csv.html

# Parse CLI optional and positional arguments --------------------------------
while getopts "s:" opt; do
    case $opt in
        s)
            separator=\"$OPTARG\";;
        \?)
            exit 1;;
        :)
            exit 1;;
    esac
done

separator=${separator:-","}
filepath=$1

# Execute command ------------------------------------------------------------
column -t -s";" -n "${filepath}" | less -FSXK