# Set IFS to handle spaces in task descriptions and tags

IFS=$(printf '\n\t')

# Check if argument is provided, otherwise use default "next"

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then

# beware here export next is separated with a new line on purpose

export_arg='limit:3

export

next'

else

export_arg="$*"

fi

# Export all next tasks as JSON and store in variable

tasks=$(task $export_arg | jq -c '.')

# Print table headers

echo "| Project | Description | Due Date | Tags |"

echo "| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- |"

# Loop through all tasks and print them in a Markdown table

for task in $(echo "$tasks" | jq -c '.[]'); do

description=$(echo "$task" | jq -r '.description')

project=$(echo "$task" | jq -r '.project')

due=$(echo "$task" | jq -r '.due')

tags=$(echo "$task" | jq -r '.tags')

if [[ "$tags" == "null" ]]; then

tags="None"

else

tags=$(echo "$task" | jq -r '.tags | map("#" + gsub("\"";"")) | join(", ")')

fi

# Convert due date to human-readable format

if [[ -n "$due" && "$due" != "null" ]]; then

timestamp=$(date -j -f "%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ" "$due" '+%Y-%m-%d')

due="$timestamp"

else

due="No date"

fi

# Print task details as a table row

printf "| %-8s | - [ ] %-50s | %-10s | %-8s |\n" "$project" "$description" "$due" "$tags"

done