improve csv display, documentation changes

ChangeLog

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************
 # ChangeLog for lesspipe.sh						   #
 ****************************************************************************
+- preferred display of csv files is through the program column
 - language recognition for bat improved
 - correctly recognize the -r or -R option when calling less
 - support for plain zlib files(used e.g. in backuppc, pdf)

README.md

@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ the author by email.
  the `file` command yielding a textual description or the file suffix is used
  to determine what to display.
 
+ By default less wraps long lines unless called with the option -S or
+ --chop-long-lines. That can be changed interactively by typing -S followed by
+ ENTER when viewing files with long lines. It is e.g. quite useful for tabular
+ display of csv files with many columns.
+
 ## 2. Usage
 
  (see also the man page lesspipe.1)
@@ -208,6 +213,7 @@ the author by email.
 - MS Word (docx)	requires `pandoc` or `docx2txt` or `libreoffice`
 - Powerpoint (pptx)	requires `pptx2md` or `libreoffice`
 - Excel (xlsx)		requires `in2csv` or `xlscat` or `excel2csv` or `libreoffice`
+- csv			requires `column` or `pandoc`
 - rtf			requires `unrtf` or `libreoffice`
 - epub			requires `pandoc`
 - html,xml		requires `w3m` or `lynx` or `elinks` or `html2text`
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ the author by email.
 - MacOS X plist		requires `plistutil`
 - binary data		requires `strings`
 - json			requires `jq`
-- Device Tree Blobs(DTB)	requires `dtc`
+- device tree blobs	requires `dtc` (extension dtb or dts)
 
 To show the unmodified html, xml or perl pod text, append a colon to the file
 name. Appending in addition the file type (html, xml, pod) produces a colored

lesspipe.sh

@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ isfinal () {
 			has_cmd ccze && [[ $COLOR = *always ]] && ccze -A < "$1"
 			return ;;
 		csv)
-			{ has_cmd csvlook && cmd=(csvlook "$1"); } ||
+			{ has_cmd column && cmd=(column -o "|" -s "	,;" -t "$1"); } ||
 			{ has_cmd pandoc && cmd=(pandoc -f csv -t plain "$1"); } ;;
 		json)
 			[[ $COLOR = *always ]] && opt=(-C .) || opt=(.)

packaging/lesspipe.spec

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR
 %docdir %{prefix}/share/man/man1
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 26 2023 2.08-1 - wp.friebel@gmail.com
+- improved coloring output, support for device tree blob files, bug fixes
 * Sun Jan 08 2023 2.07-1 - wp.friebel@gmail.com
 - support json, mail archives, update man page, other bat/batcat defaults
 * Wed Aug 17 2022 2.06-1 20220817 - wp.friebel@gmail.com