Venetianblinds.js – evenly spaced windows into text files

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I kept wanting a way to quickly orient myself in large files before searching them. Instead of searching, this CLI opens evenly spaced "windows" through a file and shows the surrounding context.Github: https://github.com/firasd/venetianblindsIt turned out to be surprisingly useful on both source code and long text.Usage:npx github:firasd/venetianblinds --samples=5 reactdomroot.js # venetianblindsfile: reactdomroot.js characters: 12729 samples: 5 context_range: 120--- sample 1/5 char 0 line 1 col 1 range 0:60 /* * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. ^--- sample 2/5 char 3182 line 106 col 1 range 3122:3242 t: FiberRoot) { this._internalRoot = internalRoot; }// $FlowFixMe[prop-mi

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