http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/rulers/2016-04-17T19:32:26-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2016-04-17T19:32:26-07:00Vasudev Ramhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4173351/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/580647-text-ruler-for-console-record-oriented-data-proces/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 580647 by <a href="/recipes/users/4173351/">Vasudev Ram</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/commandline/">commandline</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/python/">python</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/rulers/">rulers</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/unix/">unix</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/utilities/">utilities</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/windows/">windows</a>). </p> <p>This recipe shows how to create a simple text-based ruler for your command-line console. It can help you find the position of your own program's output on the line, or to find the positions and lengths of fields in fixed- or variable-length records in a text file, fields in CSV files, etc.</p>