@gameroom/cli/src/consoleIO/printTable.js

A command line tool for Gameroom

let util = require('util'),
  exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec)

module.exports = async (proto, objects) => {
  // proto has column overrides
  // var { stdout, stderr } = await exec('tput rmam')
  // cell max height
  // cell max width

  let width = 20
  // Header
  for (let key of Object.keys(proto)) {
    while (key.length < width) key += ' '
    process.stdout.write(key)
  }
  process.stdout.write('\n')
  // Margin
  for (let key of Object.keys(proto)) {
    let line = ''
    while (line.length < key.length) line += '-'
    while (line.length < width) line += ' '
    process.stdout.write(line)
  }
  process.stdout.write('\n')
  // Body
  for (let object of objects) {
    for (let key of Object.keys(proto)) {
      let value = String(object[key])
      if (value.length > width) {
        while (value.length > width - 3) value = value.slice(0, -1)
        value += '...'
      }
      while (value.length < width) value += ' '
      process.stdout.write(value)
    }
    process.stdout.write('\n')
  }

  // var { stdout, stderr } = await exec('tput smam')

}