local function getchar(n)

	local stty_ret = os.execute("stty raw -echo 2>/dev/null");

	local ok, char;

	if stty_ret == true or stty_ret == 0 then

		ok, char = pcall(io.read, n or 1);

		os.execute("stty sane");

	else

		ok, char = pcall(io.read, "*l");

		if ok then

			char = char:sub(1, n or 1);

		end

	end

	if ok then

		return char;

	end

end

local function getline()

	local ok, line = pcall(io.read, "*l");

	if ok then

		return line;

	end

end

local function getpass()

	local stty_ret, _, status_code = os.execute("stty -echo 2>/dev/null");

	if status_code then -- COMPAT w/ Lua 5.1

		stty_ret = status_code;

	end

	if stty_ret ~= 0 then

		io.write("\027[08m"); -- ANSI 'hidden' text attribute

	end

	local ok, pass = pcall(io.read, "*l");

	if stty_ret == 0 then

		os.execute("stty sane");

	else

		io.write("\027[00m");

	end

	io.write("\n");

	if ok then

		return pass;

	end

end

local function show_yesno(prompt)

	io.write(prompt, " ");

	local choice = getchar():lower();

	io.write("\n");

	if not choice:match("%a") then

		choice = prompt:match("%[.-(%U).-%]$");

		if not choice then return nil; end

	end

	return (choice == "y");

end

local function read_password()

	local password;

	while true do

		io.write("Enter new password: ");

		password = getpass();

		if not password then

			print("No password - cancelled");

			return;

		end

		io.write("Retype new password: ");

		if getpass() ~= password then

			if not show_yesno [=[Passwords did not match, try again? [Y/n]]=] then

				return;

			end

		else

			break;

		end

	end

	return password;

end

local function show_prompt(prompt)

	io.write(prompt, " ");

	local line = getline();

	line = line and line:gsub("\n$","");

	return (line and #line > 0) and line or nil;

end

local function printf(fmt, ...)

	print(fmt:format(...));

end

local function padright(s, width)

	return s..string.rep(" ", width-#s);

end

local function padleft(s, width)

	return string.rep(" ", width-#s)..s;

end

	max_width = max_width or 80;

	padding = padding or 4;

	local widths = {};

	local total_width = max_width - padding;

	local free_width = total_width;

	-- Calculate width of fixed-size columns

	for i = 1, #col_specs do

		local width = col_specs[i].width or "0";

		if not(type(width) == "string" and width:sub(-1) == "%") then

			local title = col_specs[i].title;

			width = math.max(tonumber(width), title and (#title+1) or 0);

			widths[i] = width;

			free_width = free_width - width;

		end

	end

	-- Calculate width of %-based columns

	for i = 1, #col_specs do

		if not widths[i] then

			local pc_width = tonumber((col_specs[i].width:gsub("%%$", "")));

			widths[i] = math.floor(free_width*(pc_width/100));

		end

	end

		for i, column in ipairs(col_specs) do

			local width = widths[i];

			local v = tostring(row[column.key or i] or ""):sub(1, width);

			if #v < width then

				if column.align == "right" then

					v = padleft(v, width-1).." ";

				else

					v = padright(v, width);

				end

			end

		end

	end;

end

return {

	getchar = getchar;

	getline = getline;

	getpass = getpass;

	show_yesno = show_yesno;

	read_password = read_password;

	show_prompt = show_prompt;

	printf = printf;

	padleft = padleft;

	padright = padright;

};