A command-line Windows utility which provides a substitute for the native TYPE command that allows multiple formatting options for text files that are being processed for logs, particularly for reporting purposes. It now has functionality similar to head and tail.
--sb, --space-before .. Display a blank line before any line containing this text.
--sa, --space-after ... Display a blank line after any line containing this text.
--lb, --line-before ... Display a separator before any line containing this text.
--la, --line-after .... Display a separator after any line containing this text.
--sk, --skip-line ..... Do not display any lines containing this text.
-p, --ps, --plus-space .... Add a space with each blank line generated or displayed.
-f, --find ................ Find ONLY those lines containing this text.
-a, --ascii ............... Evaluate the input file as an ASCII file, rather than a Unicode file.
-x, --extended-search ..... Enable extended search mode, where "\n" and "\t" can be searched.
-s, --case-sensitive ...... Make all searches case-sensitive (default = case-insensitive).
-c, --cs, --separator ..... Select a custom separator character (default = "-").
-d, --cd, --delimiter ..... Select a custom delimiter character (default = ";").
--lc, --linechar ...... Select a custom divider line character (default = "=").
-L, --ll, --linelen ....... Select a custom line length for all separators (default = 80).
-r, --replace ............. Provide the filename of a text file containing search/replace entries: one per line.
-o, --out ................. Provide the filename for writing the output to instead of StdOut.
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READABLE /??
Tested on Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 (both x86 and x64)
Tested on Windows 2003, 2008-R2, 2012-R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (both x86 and x64)
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