NAME
column - columnate lists
SYNOPSIS
column [-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
- Output is formatted for a display columns wide.
- -s
- 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.
Column exits 0 on success, >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 ALSO
colrm(1),
ls(1),
paste(1),
sort(1)
HISTORY
The column command appeared in BSD 4.3 Reno