Name
column
Synopsis
column [options] [files]
Format 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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