Python Ellipser

Limits the width of each line in FILE(s) to MAX_LEN without cutting in the middle of a word. If a line exceeds a given number of characters, the line is ellipsed (cut and [...] is appended).

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ellipser CLI

The ellipser executable reads files or standard input and outputs ellipsed lines. Examples:

cat <FILE> | ellipser

cat <FILE1> | ellipser - <FILE2>

ellipser <FILE1> <FILE2>

EllipsisFormatter class

This class is defined inside the ellipsis.py module. It only defines one method: format(str).

This method receives a string and cuts it trying not to cut in the middle of a word. If the resulting cut is too short (for example a very long word), it will cut in the middle of a word.