README.md

@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ Disable/enable work the same as for timer jobs — disable stops the service and
 ### Managing jobs
 
 ```bash
-# Print all jobs in crontab-like format to stdout (useful for scripting)
-systab -l
-
 # Edit all jobs in your $EDITOR (crontab-style)
 systab -e
 
@@ -209,7 +206,6 @@ Management (accept hex ID or name):
   -D <id|name>      Disable a job
   -E <id|name>      Enable a disabled job
   -e                Edit jobs in crontab-like format
-  -l                Print jobs in crontab-like format to stdout
   -L [id|name] [filter]  List job logs (optionally for a specific job and/or filtered)
   -S [id|name]      Show status of all managed jobs (or a specific job)
   -C                Clean up completed one-time jobs

badges/tests.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "label": "tests",
-  "message": "88 passed",
+  "message": "83 passed",
   "color": "brightgreen"
 }

demo/editmode.tape

@@ -25,18 +25,6 @@ Type "systab -t daily -c '/home/user/backup.sh' -i"
 Enter
 Sleep 2s
 
-# List jobs in crontab format without opening editor
-Hide
-Type "./demo/note.sh 'Listing jobs in crontab format (-l)'"
-Enter
-Sleep 500ms
-Show
-Sleep 1s
-Type "systab -l"
-Sleep 500ms
-Enter
-Sleep 2s
-
 # Open edit mode with EDITOR=nano for visibility
 Hide
 Type "./demo/note.sh 'Opening edit mode — add notifications, create and modify jobs'"

systab

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ opt_notify=false
 opt_email=""
 opt_edit=false
 opt_list=false
-opt_print_crontab=false
 opt_clean=false
 opt_status=false
 opt_disable=""
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ Management Options (accept hex ID or name):
   -D <id|name>      Disable a job
   -E <id|name>      Enable a disabled job
   -e                Edit jobs in crontab-like format
-  -l                Print jobs in crontab-like format to stdout
   -L [id|name] [filter]  List job logs (optionally for a specific job and/or filtered)
   -S [id|name]      Show status of all managed jobs (or a specific job)
   -C                Clean up completed one-time jobs
@@ -79,9 +77,6 @@ EXAMPLES:
   # Create a persistent service job
   $SCRIPT_NAME -s -n foobar -c "/usr/bin/foobar.sh"
 
-  # Print jobs in crontab-like format (useful for scripting)
-  $SCRIPT_NAME -l
-
   # Edit existing jobs (supports adding notifications via ID:flags syntax)
   $SCRIPT_NAME -e
 
@@ -614,70 +609,6 @@ createJobFromEdit() {
     echo "$_created_id"
 }
 
-# Print aligned job lines to stdout (no header/footer)
-printCrontabContent() {
-    local -a id_fields schedules commands disabled
-    local job
-
-    while IFS= read -r job; do
-        [[ -z "$job" ]] && continue
-        local timer_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.timer"
-        local service_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.service"
-        if [[ -f "$timer_file" && -f "$service_file" ]]; then
-            local id schedule command flags id_field
-            id=$(jobId "$job")
-            schedule=$(grep "^OnCalendar=" "$timer_file" | cut -d= -f2-)
-            command=$(getJobCommand "$service_file")
-            flags=$(grep "^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=" "$service_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=//' || true)
-            [[ -n "$flags" ]] && id_field="$id:$flags" || id_field="$id"
-            id_fields+=("$id_field")
-            schedules+=("$schedule")
-            commands+=("$command")
-            if isJobEnabled "$job"; then disabled+=(false); else disabled+=(true); fi
-        fi
-    done < <(getManagedUnits timer)
-
-    while IFS= read -r job; do
-        [[ -z "$job" ]] && continue
-        local service_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.service"
-        if [[ -f "$service_file" ]]; then
-            local id command flags id_field
-            id=$(jobId "$job")
-            command=$(getJobCommand "$service_file")
-            flags=$(grep "^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=" "$service_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=//' || true)
-            [[ -n "$flags" ]] && id_field="$id:$flags" || id_field="$id:s"
-            id_fields+=("$id_field")
-            schedules+=("service")
-            commands+=("$command")
-            if isJobEnabled "$job"; then disabled+=(false); else disabled+=(true); fi
-        fi
-    done < <(getManagedServiceJobs)
-
-    # Compute column widths; disabled lines account for the "# " prefix
-    local max_id=0 max_sched=0 i len
-    for i in "${!id_fields[@]}"; do
-        len=${#id_fields[$i]}
-        ${disabled[$i]} && len=$((len + 2))
-        [[ $len -gt $max_id ]] && max_id=$len
-        len=${#schedules[$i]}
-        [[ $len -gt $max_sched ]] && max_sched=$len
-    done
-
-    # Print aligned lines
-    for i in "${!id_fields[@]}"; do
-        if ${disabled[$i]}; then
-            printf '# %-*s | %-*s | %s\n' $((max_id - 2)) "${id_fields[$i]}" "$max_sched" "${schedules[$i]}" "${commands[$i]}"
-        else
-            printf '%-*s | %-*s | %s\n' "$max_id" "${id_fields[$i]}" "$max_sched" "${schedules[$i]}" "${commands[$i]}"
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-# List jobs in crontab-like format to stdout
-listCrontab() {
-    printCrontabContent
-}
-
 # Edit jobs in crontab-like format
 editJobs() {
     local temp_file orig_file
@@ -686,16 +617,82 @@ editJobs() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2064
     trap "rm -f '$temp_file' '$orig_file'" EXIT
 
-    # Build crontab content: jobs first, condensed hint at bottom
+    # Build crontab content
     {
-        printCrontabContent
+        cat <<'HEADER'
-        cat <<'HINT'
+# systab jobs — edit schedule/command, enable/disable, add/remove lines
-### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #
+# Format: ID[:FLAGS] | SCHEDULE | COMMAND  (pipe-separated)
-### format:  ID[:FLAGS] | SCHEDULE | COMMAND  #
+# Remove a line to delete a job.
-### add:     new | daily | cmd                #
+# Add a line with "new" as ID to create a job: new | daily | /path/to/cmd
-### flags:   n=name / i / e=addr / o[=N] / s  #
+# Comment out a line to disable, uncomment to re-enable.
-### comment out = disable / delete = remove   #
+#
-HINT
+# Flags (append to ID with ':'): s - service, i - notify desktop, e=addr - send email,
+#   o - include output (default 10 lines), o=N - include N lines of output,
+#   n=name = human-readable name (usable in place of hex ID)
+#   a1b2c3:n=backup,i | daily | cmd      named job with desktop notification
+#   a1b2c3:i,e=user@host | daily | cmd   email and desktop notificaton
+#   a1b2c3:s | service | cmd             persistent service (no timer)
+#   new:s,n=name | service | cmd         new persistent service
+#
+# Schedule formats (systemd OnCalendar):
+#   service         persistent service (started on login, auto-restarted)
+#   hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
+#   *:0/15          every 15 minutes
+#   *-*-* 02:00:00  daily at 2am
+#   Mon *-*-* 09:00 every Monday at 9am
+#   *-*-01 00:00:00 first of every month
+#########################
+### add entries below ###
+#########################
+HEADER
+
+        local job
+        while IFS= read -r job; do
+            [[ -z "$job" ]] && continue
+
+            local timer_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.timer"
+            local service_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.service"
+
+            if [[ -f "$timer_file" && -f "$service_file" ]]; then
+                local id schedule command flags id_field
+                id=$(jobId "$job")
+                schedule=$(grep "^OnCalendar=" "$timer_file" | cut -d= -f2-)
+                command=$(getJobCommand "$service_file")
+                flags=$(grep "^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=" "$service_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=//' || true)
+                if [[ -n "$flags" ]]; then
+                    id_field="$id:$flags"
+                else
+                    id_field="$id"
+                fi
+                if isJobEnabled "$job"; then
+                    printf '%s | %s | %s\n' "$id_field" "$schedule" "$command"
+                else
+                    printf '# %s | %s | %s\n' "$id_field" "$schedule" "$command"
+                fi
+            fi
+        done < <(getManagedUnits timer)
+
+        while IFS= read -r job; do
+            [[ -z "$job" ]] && continue
+
+            local service_file="$SYSTEMD_USER_DIR/${job}.service"
+            if [[ -f "$service_file" ]]; then
+                local id command flags id_field
+                id=$(jobId "$job")
+                command=$(getJobCommand "$service_file")
+                flags=$(grep "^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=" "$service_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^# SYSTAB_FLAGS=//' || true)
+                if [[ -n "$flags" ]]; then
+                    id_field="$id:$flags"
+                else
+                    id_field="$id:s"
+                fi
+                if isJobEnabled "$job"; then
+                    printf '%s | service | %s\n' "$id_field" "$command"
+                else
+                    printf '# %s | service | %s\n' "$id_field" "$command"
+                fi
+            fi
+        done < <(getManagedServiceJobs)
     } > "$temp_file"
 
     # Save original for diffing
@@ -833,7 +830,7 @@ HINT
     for id in "${!orig_jobs[@]}"; do all_orig_ids["$id"]=1; done
     for id in "${!orig_commented[@]}"; do all_orig_ids["$id"]=1; done
 
-    local created=0 deleted=0 updated=0 enabled=0 n_disabled=0 needs_reload=false
+    local created=0 deleted=0 updated=0 enabled=0 disabled=0 needs_reload=false
 
     # Deletions: IDs in original (active or commented) but absent from edited entirely
     for id in "${!all_orig_ids[@]}"; do
@@ -905,7 +902,7 @@ HINT
         if ! $was_commented && $now_commented; then
             disableJob "$jname"
             echo "Disabled: $id"
-            n_disabled=$((n_disabled + 1))
+            disabled=$((disabled + 1))
             needs_reload=true
         elif $was_commented && ! $now_commented; then
             enableJob "$jname"
@@ -976,7 +973,7 @@ HINT
     fi
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Summary: $created created, $updated updated, $deleted deleted, $enabled enabled, $n_disabled disabled"
+    echo "Summary: $created created, $updated updated, $deleted deleted, $enabled enabled, $disabled disabled"
 }
 
 # Build a job list from opt_jobid (single job) or getManagedUnits (all jobs)
@@ -1185,7 +1182,7 @@ cleanJobs() {
 
 # Parse command-line options
 parseOptions() {
-    while getopts "t:sc:f:n:im:oD:E:elLSCh" opt; do
+    while getopts "t:sc:f:n:im:oD:E:eLSCh" opt; do
         case $opt in
             t) opt_time="$OPTARG" ;;
             s) opt_service=true ;;
@@ -1209,7 +1206,6 @@ parseOptions() {
             D) opt_disable="$OPTARG" ;;
             E) opt_enable="$OPTARG" ;;
             e) opt_edit=true ;;
-            l) opt_print_crontab=true ;;
             L) opt_list=true ;;
             S) opt_status=true ;;
             C) opt_clean=true ;;
@@ -1251,17 +1247,16 @@ parseOptions() {
     [[ -n "$opt_disable" ]] && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
     [[ -n "$opt_enable" ]] && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
     $opt_edit && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
-    $opt_print_crontab && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
     $opt_list && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
     $opt_status && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
     $opt_clean && manage_count=$((manage_count + 1))
 
     if [[ $manage_count -gt 1 ]]; then
-        error "Options -D, -E, -e, -l, -L, -S, and -C are mutually exclusive"
+        error "Options -D, -E, -e, -L, -S, and -C are mutually exclusive"
     fi
 
     if [[ $manage_count -gt 0 ]] && { [[ -n "$opt_time$opt_command$opt_file" ]] || $opt_service; }; then
-        error "Management options -D, -E, -e, -l, -L, -S, and -C cannot be used with job creation options"
+        error "Management options -D, -E, -e, -L, -S, and -C cannot be used with job creation options"
     fi
     
     if [[ -n "$opt_command" && -n "$opt_file" ]]; then
@@ -1292,8 +1287,6 @@ main() {
         toggleJobById "$opt_enable" enable
     elif $opt_edit; then
         editJobs
-    elif $opt_print_crontab; then
-        listCrontab
     elif $opt_list; then
         listLogs
     elif $opt_status; then

test.sh

@@ -404,46 +404,12 @@ assert_output "enable already enabled service" "Already enabled:" $SYSTAB -E "$i
 # Edit mode shows service jobs with 'service' in schedule column
 # (mirrors tape: EDITOR=nano systab -e shows "id:s | service | cmd")
 edit_output=$(EDITOR=cat $SYSTAB -e 2>&1 || true)
-if [[ "$edit_output" == *"| service"* ]]; then
+if [[ "$edit_output" == *"| service |"* ]]; then
     pass "edit mode shows service job with 'service' schedule"
 else
     fail "edit mode shows service job with 'service' schedule" "not found in: $edit_output"
 fi
 
-# -l prints crontab format to stdout
-list_output=$($SYSTAB -l 2>&1)
-if [[ "$list_output" == *"| service"* ]]; then
-    pass "-l prints service job with 'service' schedule"
-else
-    fail "-l prints service job with 'service' schedule" "not found in: $list_output"
-fi
-if [[ "$list_output" == *"$id_recurring"* ]]; then
-    pass "-l includes timer job"
-else
-    fail "-l includes timer job" "not found in: $list_output"
-fi
-
-# -l pipe separators are aligned (all first pipes at same column)
-pipe_cols=()
-while IFS= read -r line; do
-    [[ "$line" == *"|"* ]] || continue
-    # skip hint/separator lines (not job entries)
-    [[ "$line" =~ ^# ]] && [[ ! "$line" =~ ^#[[:space:]][0-9a-f]{6} ]] && continue
-    pipe_prefix="${line%%|*}"
-    pipe_cols+=("${#pipe_prefix}")
-done <<< "$list_output"
-if [[ ${#pipe_cols[@]} -gt 1 ]]; then
-    unique_cols=$(printf '%s\n' "${pipe_cols[@]}" | sort -u | wc -l)
-    if [[ "$unique_cols" -eq 1 ]]; then
-        pass "-l pipe separators are aligned"
-    else
-        fail "-l pipe separators are aligned" "first-pipe columns: ${pipe_cols[*]}"
-    fi
-fi
-
-assert_failure "-l and -e are mutually exclusive" $SYSTAB -l -e
-assert_failure "-l cannot be used with job creation options" $SYSTAB -l -t daily -c "echo test"
-
 # Mutually exclusive flags (mirrors tape design: -s conflicts with -t/-i/-m/-o)
 assert_failure "-s and -t are mutually exclusive" $SYSTAB -s -t daily -c "echo test"
 assert_failure "-s and -i are mutually exclusive" $SYSTAB -s -i -c "echo test"