influxdata / influxdata/influx-cli
Use PAGER to view data
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Description
Currently when viewing data via a `select` query, `influx` just outputs the data onto screen in a simple table.
Other data query CLI tools like, psql, pgcli, mycli, support a PAGER variable to which the data is piped into. This keeps the REPL clean of the output data.
The most common of all PAGERs is `less`, so if `$PAGER` is set to `less`, all output data would be piped into it. Someone could then use less's builtin search / filter on that data. Or we could save that data into a file as well, all via less.
An advanced version would be to use `visidata` as a PAGER!
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the `select` query output path and the CLI's existing table-rendering or output handling. The work is done when output can be sent through the `$PAGER` command, including the common `less` use case, while preserving the normal behavior when it is not configured.
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- Tech stack
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- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100