June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1056 pages
39h 58m
English
column
column [options] [files]
Formats input from one or more files into
columns, filling rows first. Reads from standard input if no files
are specified. Checks the COLUMNS environment
variable for the current terminal width if necessary.
-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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