COLUMN(1) BSD Reference Manual COLUMN(1)NAMEcolumn - columnate lists
SYNOPSIScolumn [-tx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are
filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by default,
from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.
The options are as follows:
-c columns
Output is formatted for a display columns wide.
-s sep Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
-t option.
-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 -s option. Useful for pretty-
printing displays.
-x Fill columns before filling rows.
The column utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size
of the screen if no other information is available.
EXAMPLES
(printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\n" ;
ls -l | sed 1d) | column-t
SEE ALSOcolrm(1), ls(1), paste(1), sort(1)HISTORY
The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.
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