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It seemed prudent to seperate the concerns involved into different projects\n\n### Pipe a file into a table\n\n```bash\ncat file | flextable -d ',' -cc 9\n```\n\n### From the Terminal or Script\n\n- This will load a text file \n- that has a ',' delimiter \n- starting at line 1\n- for 10 lines\n- with a column count of 9\n- from a file named MOCK_DATA.csv\n\n```bash\nflextable -d , --line 1 --length 10 -cc 9 --file MOCK_DATA.csv\n```\n\n### format with code\n\n```python\nimport flextable\n\n\n config = flextable.table_config()\n config.columns = ['column1','column2','column3','column4','column5','column6']\n results=[some python object with an array of arrays]\n flextable.table(data=results, args=config)\n```\n\n### Configuration\n\n- flextanble accepts switches and environment variables\n- switches take precidence\n\n### Options\n\n|Short|Long |Default| Description |\n|----|-----------------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|\n| |--file | | The input file to read |\n|-c |--columns | | column names, comma seperated |\n|-cc |--column-count | | column count, auto names columns 1-n |\n|-hol|--header-on-line | | auto populate column count/names from this row |\n|-rq |--remove-quote |True | unwrap fields with block quotes |\n|-bq |--block-quote | | field block quote identifier |\n|-ds |--data-on-line |1 | data starts on this line |\n|-bs |--border-style |SINGLE | change table style, SINGLE, DOUBBLE, ASCII |\n|-nft|--no-footer |True | dont show the footer |\n|-nhd|--no-header |True | dont show header |\n|-ftc|--footer-columns |True | footer has column names |\n|-hde|--header-every | | show header every (n) rows |\n|-e |--error |True | rows with invalid number of columns are considered errors |\n|-cm |--comment |'#' | character that denotes line is comment |\n|-d |--delimiter |',' | field delimiter |\n|-he |--hide-errors |False | do not display errors |\n|-hc |--hide-comments |False | do not display comments |\n|-hw |--hide-whitespace|False | do not display whitespace |\n|-l |--line |1 | line number to start displaying data |\n|-len|--length | | number of lines to show, hidden elements count |\n|-p |--page | | page to start displaying, requires length parameter |\n|-ow |--width | auto | width of output in characters, if not specified calculated |\n|-oh |--height | | height of output window in characters |\n|-nc |--no-color |False | disale color output |\n|-o |--output |ASCII | ASCII, YAML, JSON |\n\n\n## Environment vars\n\n|Long |Environment Var |\n|-----------------|------------------|\n|--file |FT_FILE |\n|--columns |FT_COLUMNS |\n|--column-count |FT_COLUMN_COUNT |\n|--header-on-line |FT_HEADER_ON_LINE |\n|--remove-quote |FT_REMOVE_QUOTE |\n|--block-quote |FT_BLOCK_QUOTE |\n|--data-on-line |FT_DATA_ON_LINE |\n|--border-style |FT_BORDER_STYLE |\n|--no-footer |FT_NO_FOOTER |\n|--no-header |FT_NO_HEADER |\n|--footer-columns |FT_FOOTER_COLUMNS |\n|--header-every |FT_HEADER_EVERY |\n|--error |FT_ERROR |\n|--comment |FT_COMMENT |\n|--delimiter |FT_DELIMITER |\n|--hide-errors |FT_HIDE_ERRORS |\n|--hide-comments |FT_HIDE_COMMENTS |\n|--hide-whitespace|FT_HIDE_WHITESPACE|\n|--line |FT_LINE |\n|--length |FT_LENGTH |\n|--page |FT_PAGE |\n|--width |FT_WIDTH |\n|--height |FT_HEIGHT |\n|--no-color |FT_NO_COLOR |\n|--output |FT_OUTPUT |\n\n### CLI Results\n\n```text\n #flextable MOCK_DATA.csv -l 1 -len 10 -cc 6 -d , \n┌┤column1 ├┬┤column2 ├┬┤column3 ├┬┤column4 ├┬┤column5 ├┬┤column6 ├┐\n│id │first_name │last_name │email │gender │ip_address │\n│2 │Redford │Ornils │rornils1@amaz│Male │24.42.186.82 │\n│3 │Grenville │Buckley │gbuckley2@giz│Male │143.223.126.2│\n│4 │Thalia │Badrock │tbadrock3@xin│Female │113.57.179.78│\n│5 │Julie │Minchell │jminchell4@sk│Female │105.165.149.1│\n│6 │Lancelot │Archibold │larchibold5@p│Male │213.155.189.4│\n│7 │Bernie │Matteucci │bmatteucci6@b│Male │109.156.49.36│\n│8 │Flinn │Mulchrone │fmulchrone7@n│Male │22.84.116.46 │\n│9 │Seamus │Tocque 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