terminal-util: add a function that shows a pretty separator line

Follow-up for #8824

4 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze.c b/src/analyze/analyze.c
index c1b5aca7e2..5e1766b053 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze.c
@@ -1322,10 +1322,7 @@ static int cat_config(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 const char *t = NULL;
 
                 if (arg != argv + 1)
-                        printf("%s%*s%s\n\n",
-                               ansi_underline(),
-                               columns(), "",
-                               ansi_normal());
+                        print_separator();
 
                 if (path_is_absolute(*arg)) {
                         const char *dir;
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index 7f18d3d35c..fa90a466d2 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -1418,3 +1418,25 @@ int cat_files(const char *file, char **dropins, CatFlags flags) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+void print_separator(void) {
+
+        /* Outputs a separator line that resolves to whitespace when copied from the terminal. We do that by outputting
+         * one line filled with spaces with ANSI underline set, followed by a second (empty) line. */
+
+        if (underline_enabled()) {
+                size_t i, c;
+
+                c = columns();
+
+                flockfile(stdout);
+                fputs_unlocked(ANSI_UNDERLINE, stdout);
+
+                for (i = 0; i < c; i++)
+                        fputc_unlocked(' ', stdout);
+
+                fputs_unlocked(ANSI_NORMAL "\n\n", stdout);
+                funlockfile(stdout);
+        } else
+                fputs("\n\n", stdout);
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.h b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
index ea7eb2d63b..798bab6c26 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
@@ -166,3 +166,5 @@ typedef enum CatFlags {
 } CatFlags;
 
 int cat_files(const char *file, char **dropins, CatFlags flags);
+
+void print_separator(void);
diff --git a/src/test/test-terminal-util.c b/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
index 61a3ea5e56..216c8bef00 100644
--- a/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-terminal-util.c
@@ -94,5 +94,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_terminal_urlify();
         test_cat_files();
 
+        print_separator();
+
         return 0;
 }