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COLUMN(1)		    UNIX Reference Manual		     COLUMN(1)

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     c\bco\bol\blu\bum\bmn\bn - columnate lists

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     c\bco\bol\blu\bum\bmn\bn [-\b-t\bt_\bx] [-\b-s\bs_\bs_\be_\bp] [-\b-c\bc_\bc_\bo_\bl_\bu_\bm_\bn_\bs] [_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be ...]

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     The c\bco\bol\blu\bum\bmn\bn utility formats its input into multiple columns.  Rows are
     filled before columns.  Input is taken from _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be operands, or, by de-
     fault, from the standard input.  Empty lines are ignored.

     The options are as follows:

     -\b-c\bc    Output is formatted for a display _\bc_\bo_\bl_\bu_\bm_\bn_\bs wide.

     -\b-s\bs    Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
	   -\b-t\bt option.

     -\b-t\bt    Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a
	   table.  Columns are delimited by whitespace, by default, or by the
	   characters supplied using the -\b-s\bs option.  Useful for pretty-
	   printing displays.

     -\b-x\bx    Fill columns before filling rows.

     C\bCo\bol\blu\bum\bmn\bn exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred.

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

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	   (printf PERM LINKS OWNER SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\n ;
	   ls -l sed 1d) | column -t

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

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     4.3 Reno BSD.