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jtbl:tldr:14b38
jtbl: Print a table and truncate rows instead of wrapping.
$ cat ${file-json} | jtbl -t
try on your machine
This command is used to display the contents of a JSON file in a tabular format using the jtbl
tool.
Here is a breakdown of each part of the command:
cat
: This is a command in Unix-like operating systems used to concatenate and display the contents of files.${file-json}
: This is a variable that represents the file path of the JSON file you want to display. The variable is enclosed in${}
to denote its usage.|
: This is a pipe symbol used to take the output of the preceding command (cat ${file-json}
) and pass it as input to the next command (jtbl -t
).jtbl
: This is a command-line tool that is specifically designed to format and display JSON data in a tabular format.-t
: This is an option or flag for thejtbl
command, specifying that the JSON data should be displayed in a tabular format.
Overall, this command takes the JSON file represented by ${file-json}
, concatenates its contents using cat
, and then passes it to jtbl
to get a tabular representation of the JSON data. The result is displayed in the output.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.