bin: add script to shorten text to N chars or Term width

[dotfiles.git] / bin / shorten

diff --git a/bin/shorten b/bin/shorten
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# https://brettterpstra.com/2016/04/27/shell-tricks-shorten-every-line-of-output/
+
+#TODO allow different width to be set
+c=$(tput cols)
+w=$((c - 1))
+cat | sed -E "s/(.{$w}).*$/\1…/"