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#!/bin/bash
# columnize.sh
# Take a list of values and output them in a nicely formatted column view.
# Author: Loïc Cattani "Arko" <loic cattani at gmail com>
# https://github.com/Arko/Columnize
values=($*)
longest_value=0
# Find the longest value
for value in ${values[@]}; do
if [[ ${#value} -gt $longest_value ]]; then
longest_value=${#value}
fi
done
# Compute column span
term_width=${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}
(( columns = $term_width / ($longest_value + 2) ))
# Print values with pretty column width
curr_col=0
for value in ${values[@]}; do
value_len=${#value}
echo -n $value
(( spaces_missing = $longest_value - $value_len + 2 ))
printf "%*s" $spaces_missing
(( curr_col++ ))
if [[ $curr_col == $columns ]]; then
echo
curr_col=0
fi
done
# Make sure there is a newline at the end
if [[ $curr_col != 0 ]]; then echo; fi