From b00381065c94a59cd039a87f1e0869d1f5f275d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sjmiller609 <7516283+sjmiller609@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:58:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Skip column truncation when stdout is piped (non-TTY)

When stdout is not a terminal (e.g. piped to grep, awk, cat), output
full column values without truncation. This follows the standard CLI
pattern used by docker ps, kubectl get, etc.

- Table column truncation in PrintTableNoPad now checks IsTerminal
- truncateURL also skips truncation in non-TTY mode
- TTY behavior (truncate to terminal width) is unchanged

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 cmd/browsers.go    |  4 ++++
 pkg/table/table.go | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/browsers.go b/cmd/browsers.go
index d799667f..9d9a01a2 100644
--- a/cmd/browsers.go
+++ b/cmd/browsers.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/kernel/cli/pkg/table"
 	"github.com/kernel/cli/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/kernel/kernel-go-sdk"
 	"github.com/kernel/kernel-go-sdk/option"
@@ -3256,6 +3257,9 @@ func runBrowsersComputerWriteClipboard(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error
 }
 
 func truncateURL(url string, maxLen int) string {
+	if !table.IsStdoutTTY() {
+		return url
+	}
 	if len(url) <= maxLen {
 		return url
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/table/table.go b/pkg/table/table.go
index a1ad832f..9082c639 100644
--- a/pkg/table/table.go
+++ b/pkg/table/table.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package table
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/pterm/pterm"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
 // PrintTableNoPad renders a table similar to pterm.DefaultTable, but it avoids
@@ -17,12 +19,15 @@ func PrintTableNoPad(data pterm.TableData, hasHeader bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Get terminal width and truncate data to fit
-	termWidth := pterm.GetTerminalWidth()
-	if termWidth <= 0 {
-		termWidth = 80 // fallback
+	// Only truncate columns when outputting to a terminal.
+	// When piped (non-TTY), output full values so grep/awk/etc. work correctly.
+	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
+		termWidth := pterm.GetTerminalWidth()
+		if termWidth <= 0 {
+			termWidth = 80 // fallback
+		}
+		data = truncateTableData(data, termWidth)
 	}
-	data = truncateTableData(data, termWidth)
 
 	// Determine number of columns from the first row
 	numCols := len(data[0])
@@ -90,6 +95,11 @@ func PrintTableNoPad(data pterm.TableData, hasHeader bool) {
 	pterm.Print(b.String())
 }
 
+// IsStdoutTTY reports whether stdout is connected to a terminal.
+func IsStdoutTTY() bool {
+	return term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+}
+
 // truncateTableData intelligently truncates table cells to fit within terminal width
 func truncateTableData(data pterm.TableData, termWidth int) pterm.TableData {
 	if len(data) == 0 {