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files list field separator does not allow tab character #52

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stevegilbert23 opened this issue May 29, 2023 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #113
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files list field separator does not allow tab character #52

stevegilbert23 opened this issue May 29, 2023 · 7 comments · May be fixed by #113

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@stevegilbert23
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I'm using version 3.9.0 on Debian Linux, executing

gdrive files list --full-name --skip-header

The output fields are separated by spaces, which I checked with "od". To eliminate the terminal as a potential complicating factor, I redirected to a file and then did a "od -c -t x1" on the file and it continued to show spaces between fields.

I tried

gdrive files list --full-name --skip-header --field-separator $'\t'

to force the separator to a tab but this did not change the behavior and spaces were still inserted between fields. Note that it is not a single space but it appears there is some calculation going on that is turning tabs into the appropriate number of spaces for display.

I tried specifying other field separators such as ';' and ' ' (single space) and 'Z'. These all resulted in output with a single instance of the specified separator being output between fields, as expected. Based on that, I am using a semi-colon as a workaround.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
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masterofthesith commented Jun 4, 2023 •
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NO '\t' => ' = meaning not include any variables and schemes skipp all and print
YES "\t" => " = meaning include variables ans schemes not skipp

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kenchou commented Mar 15, 2024

I expect the output to be separated by tabs.
However, there is currently no way to output tab-separated characters.

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "\t"

Output:

1QYqlYljpRBX7FOthxKDoyP0qo_0QCOSW\tbonus\tfolder\t\t2024-01-02 16:40:59
1qLheqh2cfO44xd7sOuBcOQc5W0qk75PI\tI18N\tfolder\t\t2024-01-02 14:12:59
16d7T9lF_VMbm8kjsfClyst_tScY1HSbn\tequipment\tfolder\t\t2024-01-25 15:30:54

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masterofthesith commented Mar 18, 2024 •
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I expect the output to be separated by tabs. However, there is currently no way to output tab-separated characters.

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "\t"

Output:

1QYqlYljpRBX7FOthxKDoyP0qo_0QCOSW\tbonus\tfolder\t\t2024-01-02 16:40:59
1qLheqh2cfO44xd7sOuBcOQc5W0qk75PI\tI18N\tfolder\t\t2024-01-02 14:12:59
16d7T9lF_VMbm8kjsfClyst_tScY1HSbn\tequipment\tfolder\t\t2024-01-25 15:30:54

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "   "

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kenchou commented Mar 18, 2024 

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "   "

Unfortunately, It still doesn't work.
The reason is that the final output sequence is handed over to TabWriter, which will replace [tab] with several spaces

# Ctrl-V and press the [Tab] key.
gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "    " | hexyl

┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐
│00000000│ 31 51 59 71 6c 59 6c 6a ┊ 70 52 42 58 37 46 4f 74 │1QYqlYlj┊pRBX7FOt│
│00000010│ 68 78 4b 44 6f 79 50 30 ┊ 71 6f 5f 30 51 43 4f 53 │hxKDoyP0┊qo_0QCOS│
│00000020│ 57 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 │W       ┊       b│
│00000030│ 6f 6e 75 73 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 │onus    ┊        │
│00000040│ 20 20 20 20 20 20 66 6f ┊ 6c 64 65 72 20 20 20 20 │      fo┊lder    │
│00000050│ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 32 30 32 34 2d │        ┊   2024-│
│00000060│ 30 31 2d 30 32 20 31 36 ┊ 3a 34 30 3a 35 39 0a 31 │01-02 16┊:40:59_1│
│00000070│ 71 4c 68 65 71 68 32 63 ┊ 66 4f 34 34 78 64 37 73 │qLheqh2c┊fO44xd7s│
│00000080│ 4f 75 42 63 4f 51 63 35 ┊ 57 30 71 6b 37 35 50 49 │OuBcOQc5┊W0qk75PI│

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masterofthesith commented Mar 18, 2024 •
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gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "   "

Unfortunately, It still doesn't work. The reason is that the final output sequence is handed over to TabWriter, which will replace [tab] with several spaces

# Ctrl-V and press the [Tab] key.
gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "    " | hexyl

┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐
│00000000│ 31 51 59 71 6c 59 6c 6a ┊ 70 52 42 58 37 46 4f 74 │1QYqlYlj┊pRBX7FOt│
│00000010│ 68 78 4b 44 6f 79 50 30 ┊ 71 6f 5f 30 51 43 4f 53 │hxKDoyP0┊qo_0QCOS│
│00000020│ 57 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 62 │W       ┊       b│
│00000030│ 6f 6e 75 73 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 │onus    ┊        │
│00000040│ 20 20 20 20 20 20 66 6f ┊ 6c 64 65 72 20 20 20 20 │      fo┊lder    │
│00000050│ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ┊ 20 20 20 32 30 32 34 2d │        ┊   2024-│
│00000060│ 30 31 2d 30 32 20 31 36 ┊ 3a 34 30 3a 35 39 0a 31 │01-02 16┊:40:59_1│
│00000070│ 71 4c 68 65 71 68 32 63 ┊ 66 4f 34 34 78 64 37 73 │qLheqh2c┊fO44xd7s│
│00000080│ 4f 75 42 63 4f 51 63 35 ┊ 57 30 71 6b 37 35 50 49 │OuBcOQc5┊W0qk75PI│

Please try this command

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "|||" | sed -e 's/|||/\t/g''

or

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "|||" | awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$4,$5}' -|column -ts$'|||'

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kenchou commented Mar 18, 2024 

gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "|||" | sed -e 's/|||/\t/g'

This command can work. However, it just workaround. Because '|||' is a valid filename.

I think the safest approach is to use tab-separated TSV or comma-separated CSV (with quotes around strings when necessary). These are the most commonly used formats.

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gdrive files list --parent 1V9pg1DQgA4tqEDngxNf7GNAVR-huuTQ2 --full-name --skip-header --field-separator "|||" | sed -e 's/|||/\t/g'

This command can work. However, it just workaround. Because '|||' is a valid filename.

I think the safest approach is to use tab-separated TSV or comma-separated CSV (with quotes around strings when necessary). These are the most commonly used formats.

You right. I just tried to find a quick and easy solution.

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