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COLUMN(1)							     COLUMN(1)

NAME
       column - columnate lists

SYNOPSIS
       column [options] file...

DESCRIPTION
       The  column  utility  formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are
       filled before columns. Input is taken from file or,  by	default,  from
       the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.

OPTIONS
       -c, --columns width
	      Output  is  formatted  to a width specified as number of characā€
	      ters.

       -t, --table
	      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 separator.	 Table	output
	      is useful for pretty-printing.

       -s, --separator separator
	      Specify table separator (default is whitespace).

       -x, --fillrows
	      Fill columns before filling rows.

       -h, --help
	      Print help and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       The  environment	 variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of the
       screen if no other information is available.

EXAMPLES
       sed 's/#.*//' /etc/fstab | column -t

SEE ALSO
       colrm(1), ls(1), paste(1), sort(1)

HISTORY
       The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

AVAILABILITY
       The column command is part of the util-linux package and	 is  available
       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

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