@stdlib/string-left-pad-cli

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lpad

Left pad a string.

Installation

To use as a general utility, install the CLI package globally

npm install -g @stdlib/string-left-pad-cli

Usage

Usage: lpad [options] --len=<length> [<string>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --len length          Minimum string length.
         --pad str             String used to pad. Default: ' '.
         --split sep           Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'.

Notes

• If the split separator is a regular expression, ensure that the split option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes.

  # Not escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | lpad -len 8 --split /\r?\n/
  
  # Escaped...
  $ echo -n $'beep\nboop' | lpad -len 8 --split /\\r?\\n/

• The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.

Examples

$ lpad beep --len 10 --pad b
bbbbbbbeep

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'beep' | lpad --len 8
    beep

By default, when used as a standard stream, the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the split option.

$ echo -n 'boop\tbeep' |  lpad --len 8 --split '\t'
    boop
    beep

See Also

• @stdlib/string-left-pad: left pad a string.
• @stdlib/string-pad: pad a string.
• @stdlib/string-right-pad: right pad a string.

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