added script cut_term_width.py

.local/bin/cut_term_width.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+def pad_to_width(line: bytes, width: int) -> str:
+    output_line = b''
+    idx = 0
+    buffer = b''
+    while idx < len(line):
+        if width == 0:
+            break
+        if (match := re.match(rb'((?:\x1b\[[\d;]*\w)|[ -~])', line[idx:])):
+            span = match.span()
+            buffer += line[idx + span[0]:idx + span[1]]
+            idx += span[1]
+            if span[1] == 1:
+                width -= 1
+                output_line += buffer
+                buffer = b''
+        else:
+            idx += 1
+    output_line += b'\033[m'
+    return output_line.decode('utf-8')
+
+def main() -> int:
+    width = int(sys.argv[1])
+    lines = open(0, 'rb').read().strip(b'\n').split(b'\n')
+    for line in lines:
+        try:
+            print(pad_to_width(line, width), file=sys.stdout, flush=True)
+        except Exception as error:
+            print('There was an error printing the line', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+            print(str(error), file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+            return 1
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit(main())