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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\btx\bx] [-\b-c\bc _\bc_\bo_\bl_\bu_\bm_\bn_\bs] [-\b-s\bs _\bs_\be_\bp] [_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be _\b._\b._\b.]

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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 with whitespace, by default, or
             with 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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     The c\bco\bol\blu\bum\bmn\bn command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

4.4BSD                           June 6, 1993                                1