Wordwrapping in the tabular output

[baizmandesign]

Hi there,

This is either a feature request or a support request, depending on whether the functionality I'm seeking exists.

In my terminal, whose usual dimensions are the standard 80x24, when I list things like plugins, I get output like that below:

$ wp plugin list --fields=name,version,update_version,status

+-----------------------+--------------------------+----------------+----------+
| name                  | version                  | update_version | status   |
+-----------------------+--------------------------+----------------+----------+
| advanced-custom-field | 6.2.7                    |                | active   |
| s                     |                          |                |          |
| advanced-query-loop   | 2.1.1                    |                | active   |
| all-in-one-wp-migrati | 7.81                     |                | inactive |
| on                    |                          |                |          |
| all-in-one-wp-migrati | 4.34                     |                | inactive |
| on-multisite-extensio |                          |                |          |
| n                     |                          |                |          |
+-----------------------+--------------------------+----------------+----------+

As you can see, the plugin names wrap onto multiple lines. I sometimes wish to copy and paste the names, but the line wrapping interferes with this. I know I can 1) widen my terminal and re-run the command or 2) pipe the output to a file (which strips the columnar formatting), but I'm wondering if there is a way to either...

• display the content like the mysql client does, wrapping over lines but never in columns when the width of the content exceeds the terminal width.
• or explicitly set the width of a given column or columns (even if that truncates some content).

I think "mysql client behavior" might be useful for more than just me.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Saul

[swissspidy]

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