Package: xtable
doc on github.ioxtableprint console tables.  xtable serves as both a class and a command line tool.installationuse the classcommand linefrom CSV, preformatted table, JSON list to console table, JSON, markdown and more.convert table data to MarkdownInstallation`pip install xtable`run it through xtableorpython -mxtable`below is a simple introduction for some basic usage.use the classfrom xtable import xtable

data = [
        [1,2,3,4,5],
        [11,52,3,4,5],
        [11,None,3,4,5],
        [11,None,3,None,5],
        ]
hdr = ['c1','c2','c3','c4','c5']

xt = xtable(data=data,header=hdr)print(xt)// result :c1 c2 c3 c4 c5
--------------
1  2  3  4  5
11 52 3  4  5
11    3  4  5
11    3     5# test/t2.csv
'''
h1,h2,h3
"asd","sdfsadf",1
"c","cc",233
'''

xt = xtable.init_from_csv("test/t2.csv")print(xt)// result :h1  h2      h3
---------------
asd sdfsadf 1
c   cc      233data = [
        {"h1":"v1","h2":"v2","h3":"v3"},
        {"h1":"v11","h2":"v22","h3":"v33"},
        {"h1":"v11111","h2":"v22222","h3":"v34444"},
     ]
xt = xtable.init_from_list(data)print(xt)// result :h1     h2     h3
--------------------
v1     v2     v3
v11    v22    v33
v11111 v22222 v34444// all of them support "xheader".data = [
        {"h1":"v1","h2":"v2","h3":"v3"},
        {"h1":"v11","h2":"v22","h3":"v33"},
        {"h1":"v11111","h2":"v22222","h3":"v34444"},
     ]
xt = xtable.init_from_list(data, xheader=["h1","h3"])print(xt)

xt2 = xtable.init_from_list(data, xheader="h2,h3")print(xt2)h1     h3
-------------
v1     v3
v11    v33
v11111 v34444

h2     h3
-------------
v2     v3
v22    v33
v22222 v34444// output json/yaml/csv/htmldata = [
        {"h1":"v1","h2":"v2","h3":"v3"},
        {"h1":"v11","h2":"v22","h3":"v33"},
        {"h1":"v11111","h2":"v22222","h3":"v34444"},
     ]
xt = xtable.init_from_list(data, xheader=["h1","h3"])print(xt.csv())print(xt.yaml())print(xt.json())print(xt.html())// result- h1: v1
  h3: v3
- h1: v11
  h3: v33
- h1: v11111
  h3: v34444

[
  {
    "h1": "v1",
    "h3": "v3"
  },
  {
    "h1": "v11",
    "h3": "v33"
  },
  {
    "h1": "v11111",
    "h3": "v34444"
  }
]
<table border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse;">
<tr>
<td><b>h1</b></td>
<td><b>h3</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>v1</td>
<td>v3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>v11</td>
<td>v33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>v11111</td>
<td>v34444</td>
</tr>use the command line[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t1.txt  
a b c
121 1212 12
12 332  2323
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t1.txt  | xtable 
a   b    c
-------------
121 1212 12
12  332  2323
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ 
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t2.csv 
h1,h2,h3
"asd","sdfsadf",1
"c","cc",233
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ 
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t2.csv  | xtable -b","
h1    h2        h3
-------------------
"asd" "sdfsadf" 1
"c"   "cc"      233[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t3.json  | qic
[
  {"userId": 1,"firstName": "Krish","lastName": "Lee","phoneNumber": "123456","emailAddress": "krish.lee@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {"userId": 2,"firstName": "racks","lastName": "jacson","phoneNumber": "123456","emailAddress": "racks.jacson@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {"userId": 3,"firstName": "denial","lastName": "roast","phoneNumber": "33333333","emailAddress": "denial.roast@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {"userId": 4,"firstName": "devid","lastName": "neo","phoneNumber": "222222222","emailAddress": "devid.neo@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {"userId": 5,"firstName": "jone","lastName": "mac","phoneNumber": "111111111","emailAddress": "jone.mac@learningcontainer.com"
  }
]

[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t3.json  | xtable
userId firstName lastName phoneNumber emailAddress
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1      Krish     Lee      123456      krish.lee@learningcontainer.com
2      racks     jacson   123456      racks.jacson@learningcontainer.com
3      denial    roast    33333333    denial.roast@learningcontainer.com
4      devid     neo      222222222   devid.neo@learningcontainer.com
5      jone      mac      111111111   jone.mac@learningcontainer.compivot[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ cat test/t3.json  | xtable -v
userId       : 1
firstName    : Krish
lastName     : Lee
phoneNumber  : 123456
emailAddress : krish.lee@learningcontainer.com
--
userId       : 2
firstName    : racks
lastName     : jacson
phoneNumber  : 123456
emailAddress : racks.jacson@learningcontainer.com
--
userId       : 3
firstName    : denial
lastName     : roast
phoneNumber  : 33333333
emailAddress : denial.roast@learningcontainer.com
--
userId       : 4
firstName    : devid
lastName     : neo
phoneNumber  : 222222222
emailAddress : devid.neo@learningcontainer.com
--
userId       : 5
firstName    : jone
lastName     : mac
phoneNumber  : 111111111
emailAddress : jone.mac@learningcontainer.comif we look at the source code, we know class xtable support .pivot() as well,iftype(js) islist:
            xt = xtable.init_from_json(js,args.header)
            if args.pivot :print(xt.pivot())
            else :print(xt)when header has space...some command output is already a table, only not that decent, eg. as below. xtable will help a little bit.-ctold xtable thatcontainer idis together while-ttold xtable the input stream is already in "table" format.[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ sudo podman ps --all
CONTAINER ID  IMAGE                           COMMAND               CREATED             STATUS                         PORTS   NAMES
eeb5db3c4f9a  docker.io/library/nginx:latest  nginx -g daemon o...  About a minute ago  Exited (0) About a minute ago          romantic_hamilton
5ef267563b44  docker.io/library/httpd:latest  httpd-foreground      55 seconds ago      Exited (0) 6 seconds ago               sad_lamarr
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ 
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ 
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ sudo podman ps --all | xtable -c "CONTAINER ID" -t
CONTAINER ID IMAGE                          COMMAND              CREATED            STATUS                        PORTS NAMES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eeb5db3c4f9a docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... About a minute ago Exited (0) About a minute ago       romantic_hamilto
5ef267563b44 docker.io/library/httpd:latest httpd-foreground     About a minute ago Exited (0) 28 seconds ago           sad_lamar
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ 
[yonghang@mtp xtable]$ sudo podman ps --all | xtable -c "CONTAINER ID" -tv
CONTAINER ID : eeb5db3c4f9a
IMAGE        : docker.io/library/nginx:latest
COMMAND      : nginx -g daemon o...
CREATED      : About a minute ago
STATUS       : Exited (0) About a minute ago
PORTS        : 
NAMES        : romantic_hamilto
--
CONTAINER ID : 5ef267563b44
IMAGE        : docker.io/library/httpd:latest
COMMAND      : httpd-foreground
CREATED      : About a minute ago
STATUS       : Exited (0) 32 seconds ago
PORTS        : 
NAMES        : sad_lamarxtable take care of lines[yonghang@W5202860 test]$ cat sql.json  | qic
[
  {"name": "sql example 1","query": "SELECT QUARTER, REGION, SUM(SALES)\n FROM SALESTABLE\n GROUP BY CUBE (QUARTER, REGION)"
  },
  {"name": "sql example 2","query": "select name, cast(text as varchar(8000)) \nfrom SYSIBM.SYSVIEWS \n where name='your table name' "
  },
  {"name": "sql example 3","query": "select Id, max(V1),max(V2),max(V3) from \n (\n select ID,Value V1,'' V2,'' V3 from A where Code=1 \n union all \n select ID,'' V1, Value V2,'' V3 from A where Code=2 \n union all \n select ID,'' V1, '' V2,Value V3 from A where Code=3 \n) AG\n group by ID"
  }
]

[yonghang@W5202860 test]$ 
[yonghang@W5202860 test]$ cat sql.json  | xtable
name          query
-------------------------------------------------------------------
sql example 1 SELECT QUARTER, REGION, SUM(SALES)
               FROM SALESTABLE
               GROUP BY CUBE (QUARTER, REGION)
sql example 2 select name, cast(text as varchar(8000))
              from SYSIBM.SYSVIEWS
               where name='your table name'
sql example 3 select Id, max(V1),max(V2),max(V3) from
               (
               select ID,Value V1,'' V2,'' V3 from A where Code=1
               union all
               select ID,'' V1, Value V2,'' V3 from A where Code=2
               union all
               select ID,'' V1, '' V2,Value V3 from A where Code=3
              ) AG
               group by IDmarkdownyonghang@air xtable % cat test/t2.csv
h1,h2,h3
"asd","sdfsadf",1
"c","cc",233

yonghang@air xtable % cat test/t2.csv | xtable -F md
|  h1,h2,h3           |
|  -----------------  |
|  "asd","sdfsadf",1  |
|  "c","cc",233       |
yonghang@air xtable %
yonghang@air xtable % cat test/t1.txt
a b c
121 1212 12
12 332  2323
yonghang@air xtable % cat test/t1.txt | xtable -F md
|  a    | b    | c     |
|  ---- | ---- | ----  |
|  121  | 1212 | 12    |
|  12   | 332  | 2323  |
yonghang@air xtable %
yonghang@air xtable % cat test/t3.json | qic
[
  {
    "userId": 1,
    "firstName": "Krish",
    "lastName": "Lee",
    "phoneNumber": "123456",
    "emailAddress": "krish.lee@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {
    "userId": 2,
    "firstName": "racks",
    "lastName": "jacson",
    "phoneNumber": "123456",
    "emailAddress": "racks.jacson@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {
    "userId": 3,
    "firstName": "denial",
    "lastName": "roast",
    "phoneNumber": "33333333",
    "emailAddress": "denial.roast@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {
    "userId": 4,
    "firstName": "devid",
    "lastName": "neo",
    "phoneNumber": "222222222",
    "emailAddress": "devid.neo@learningcontainer.com"
  },
  {
    "userId": 5,
    "firstName": "jone",
    "lastName": "mac",
    "phoneNumber": "111111111",
    "emailAddress": "jone.mac@learningcontainer.com"
  }
]

yonghang@air xtable %
yonghang@air xtable % cat test/t3.json | xtable -F md
|  userId | firstName | lastName | phoneNumber | emailAddress                        |
|  ------ | --------- | -------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------  |
|       1 | Krish     | Lee      | 123456      | krish.lee@learningcontainer.com     |
|       2 | racks     | jacson   | 123456      | racks.jacson@learningcontainer.com  |
|       3 | denial    | roast    | 33333333    | denial.roast@learningcontainer.com  |
|       4 | devid     | neo      | 222222222   | devid.neo@learningcontainer.com     |
|       5 | jone      | mac      | 111111111   | jone.mac@learningcontainer.com      |
yonghang@air xtable %