#!/bin/bash
# produces a crude HTML table from a tabular file (given on stdin) with columns separated by ":"
# usage: tab2html < inbut.txt > output.html
awk $* -- '
BEGIN {
FS=":" # field-separator: which character separats fields in a record (i.e. in a line)
print ""
print ""
print " "
print " "
print " Tabular Data"
print " "
print " "
print " "
print "
"
}
{
print " "
for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) { print " | "$i" | " }
print "
"
}
END {
print "
"
print "