Name
column
Synopsis
column [options
] [files
]
Formats input from one or more files into columns, filling rows first. Read from standard input if no files are specified.
Options
-
-c
num
Format output into num columns.
-
-s
char
Delimit table columns with char. Meaningful only with
-t
.-
-t
Format input into a table. Delimit with whitespace, unless an alternate delimiter has been provided with
-s
.-
-x
Fill columns before filling rows.
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