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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 |
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32 | .\" @(#)column.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 | |
33 | .\" | |
34 | .Dd June 6, 1993 | |
35 | .Os | |
36 | .Dt COLUMN 1 | |
37 | .Sh NAME | |
38 | .Nm column | |
39 | .Nd columnate lists | |
40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
41 | .Nm column | |
42 | .Op Fl tx | |
43 | .Op Fl c Ar columns | |
44 | .Op Fl s Ar sep | |
45 | .Op Ar | |
46 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
47 | The | |
48 | .Nm column | |
49 | utility formats its input into multiple columns. | |
50 | Rows are filled before columns. | |
51 | Input is taken from | |
52 | .Ar file | |
53 | operands, or, by default, from the standard input. | |
54 | Empty lines are ignored. | |
55 | .Pp | |
56 | The options are as follows: | |
57 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
58 | .It Fl c | |
59 | Output is formatted for a display | |
60 | .Ar columns | |
61 | wide. | |
62 | .It Fl s | |
63 | Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the | |
64 | .Fl t | |
65 | option. | |
66 | .It Fl t | |
67 | Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. | |
68 | Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters | |
69 | supplied using the | |
70 | .Fl s | |
71 | option. | |
72 | Useful for pretty-printing displays. | |
73 | .It Fl x | |
74 | Fill columns before filling rows. | |
75 | .El | |
76 | .Pp | |
77 | .Nm Column | |
78 | exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred. | |
79 | .Sh ENVIRONMENT | |
80 | .Bl -tag -width COLUMNS | |
81 | .It Ev COLUMNS | |
82 | The environment variable | |
83 | .Ev COLUMNS | |
84 | is used to determine the size of | |
85 | the screen if no other information is available. | |
86 | .El | |
87 | .Sh EXAMPLES | |
88 | .Dl (printf \&"PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR\ NAME\en\&"\ \&\e | |
89 | .Dl \&; ls -l \&| sed 1d) \&| column -t | |
90 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
91 | .Xr colrm 1 , | |
92 | .Xr ls 1 , | |
93 | .Xr paste 1 , | |
94 | .Xr sort 1 | |
95 | .Sh HISTORY | |
96 | The | |
97 | .Nm | |
98 | command appeared in | |
99 | .Bx 4.3 Reno . |