diff --git a/lib/rex/ui/text/table.rb b/lib/rex/ui/text/table.rb
index 56ca8a61a7..a7fc917082 100644
--- a/lib/rex/ui/text/table.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/ui/text/table.rb
@@ -212,6 +212,24 @@ class Table
 		rows << '__hr__'
 	end
 
+        #   
+        # Returns new sub-table with headers and rows maching column names submitted
+        #   
+        def [](*colnames)
+                tbl = self.class.new('Indent' => self.indent,'Header' => self.header,'Columns' => colnames)
+                idx = []
+                colnames.each do |colname|
+                        idx << self.columns.index(colname)
+                end 
+                self.rows.each do |oldrow|
+                        newrow = []
+                        idx.map {|i| newrow << oldrow[i]}
+                        tbl << newrow
+                end 
+                return tbl 
+        end 
+
+
 	alias p print
 
 	attr_accessor :header, :headeri # :nodoc: