Add colorizing functionality to specified column

bin/colorize_column

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# echo this was written with Gemini
+# BUG: This doesnt preserve spaces.. but its good enough for today.
+
+# Check if the column number is provided
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <column_number>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+column_number="$1"
+
+# Read input line by line
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+#while read -r line; do
+  # Split the line into words
+  words=($line)
+
+  # Check if the column number is valid
+  if [ "$column_number" -gt "${#words[@]}" ] || [ "$column_number" -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Invalid column number: $column_number"
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  # Colorize the specified column
+#  printf "AA%s " "${words[@]:0:$column_number - 1}"  # Print words before the column
+#  printf "BB\033[1;31m%s\033[0m " "${words[$column_number - 1]}"  # Print and colorize the column
+#  printf "CC%s\n" "${words[@]:$column_number}"  # Print words after the column
+
+  echo -n "${words[@]:0:$column_number - 1}"  # Print words before the column
+  echo -en " \033[1;33m${words[$column_number - 1]}\033[0m "  # Print and colorize the column
+  echo "${words[@]:$column_number}"  # Print words after the column
+
+
+done
+