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Dd March 9, 2008
Dt COLUMN 1
Os
Sh NAME
Nm column
Nd columnate lists
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl tx
Op Fl c Ar columns
Op Fl s Ar sep
Op Ar
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm
utility formats its input into multiple columns.
Rows are filled before columns.
Input is taken from
Ar file
operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
Empty lines are ignored.
Pp
The options are as follows:
Bl -tag -width Ds
It Fl c
Output is formatted for a display
Ar columns
wide.
It Fl s
Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
Fl t
option.
It Fl t
Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table.
Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
supplied using the
Fl s
option.
Useful for pretty-printing displays.
It Fl x
Fill columns before filling rows.
El
Sh ENVIRONMENT
Bl -tag -width COLUMNS
It Ev COLUMNS
The environment variable
Ev COLUMNS
is used to determine the size of
the screen if no other information is available.
El
Sh EXIT STATUS
Ex -std column
Sh EXAMPLES
Dl (echo \&"PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\&"\&;\ \&\e
Dl ls -l \&| sed 1d) \&| column -t
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr colrm 1 ,
Xr ls 1 ,
Xr paste 1 ,
Xr sort 1
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command appeared in
Bx 4.3 Reno .

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