bash – Is there a tool for collapsing output of a command base on regex?
Let’s say I have a command that outputs the state of some application. This command runs forver (or until C-c) and outputs a single line when something happens inside the application. It outputs the following format
State N: Stuff M happened
I want a program, let’s call it collapse_prog
, that takes the lines outputed the command, based on the regex I give to it, to overwrite the previous state. For example, let’s say the input regex is State (\d+), I run the following command
my_command | collapse_prog
and the my_command
outputs
State 1: Stuff A happened
State 2: Stuff B happened
then the collapse_prog
should display as is, but after the my_command
outputs another line
State 1: Stuff C happened
then the collapse_prog
should have the following output
State 1: Stuff C happened
State 2: Stuff B happened
Is there such a program out there already?
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