Pager

A scrollable content viewer for logs, code, and long output.

Basic Usage

# View a file
invowk tui pager README.md

# Pipe content
cat long-output.txt | invowk tui pager

Options

Option	Description
--title	Title displayed above the pager
--line-numbers	Show line numbers
--soft-wrap	Soft wrap long lines instead of horizontal scrolling

Examples

# With title
invowk tui pager --title "Log Output" app.log

# Show line numbers
invowk tui pager --line-numbers main.go

# Soft wrap long lines
invowk tui pager --soft-wrap document.txt

# Combine options
git log | invowk tui pager --title "Git History" --line-numbers

Navigation

While viewing content in the pager:

Key	Action
↑ / k	Scroll up one line
↓ / j	Scroll down one line
PgUp / b	Scroll up half page
PgDown / f / Space	Scroll down half page
Home / g	Go to top
End / G	Go to bottom
q / Esc / Enter	Exit pager

Use Cases

View Log Files

# View application logs
invowk tui pager /var/log/app.log

# View with line numbers for debugging
invowk tui pager --line-numbers /var/log/app.log

Code Review

# Review code with line numbers
invowk tui pager --line-numbers --title "Code Review" src/main.go

# View diff output
git diff HEAD~5 | invowk tui pager --title "Recent Changes"

Command Output

# View long command output
kubectl logs deployment/myapp | invowk tui pager --title "Pod Logs"

# View build output
make build 2>&1 | invowk tui pager --title "Build Output" --soft-wrap

In Scripts

{
    name: "view-logs"
    description: "View application logs interactively"
    implementations: [{
        script: """
            # Get recent logs and display in pager
            journalctl -u myapp --no-pager -n 500 | 
                invowk tui pager --title "Application Logs" --soft-wrap
            """
        runtimes: [{name: "native"}]
        platforms: [{name: "linux"}, {name: "macos"}]
    }]
}

Tips

• Use --soft-wrap for content with long lines to avoid horizontal scrolling
• Use --line-numbers when you need to reference specific lines
• Pipe output directly to pager for interactive viewing of command output
• The pager works well with interactive mode for embedded viewing

Next Steps

• Format and Style - Format content before viewing
• Table and Spin - Other data display components
• Overview - All TUI components