19b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 29b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 39b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 49b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 59b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 69b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" are met: 79b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 89b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 99b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 109b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12fbbd9655SWarner Losh.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 149b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" without specific prior written permission. 159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 169b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 199b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 209b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 229b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 239b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 249b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 285480f120STim J. Robbins.Dd July 29, 2004 299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt COLUMN 1 30aa12cea2SUlrich Spörlein.Os 319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm column 339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd columnate lists 349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 358fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm 369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl tx 379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl c Ar columns 389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl s Ar sep 399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar 409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 419b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 422e184158SPhilippe Charnier.Nm 439b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility formats its input into multiple columns. 449b50d902SRodney W. GrimesRows are filled before columns. 459b50d902SRodney W. GrimesInput is taken from 469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file 479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoperands, or, by default, from the standard input. 489b50d902SRodney W. GrimesEmpty lines are ignored. 499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 509b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows: 512e184158SPhilippe Charnier.Bl -tag -width indent 529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl c 539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOutput is formatted for a display 549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar columns 559b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswide. 569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl s 579b50d902SRodney W. GrimesSpecify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the 589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl t 599b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption. 609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl t 619b50d902SRodney W. GrimesDetermine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. 629b50d902SRodney W. GrimesColumns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters 639b50d902SRodney W. Grimessupplied using the 649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl s 659b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption. 669b50d902SRodney W. GrimesUseful for pretty-printing displays. 679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl x 689b50d902SRodney W. GrimesFill columns before filling rows. 699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh ENVIRONMENT 715480f120STim J. RobbinsThe 725480f120STim J. Robbins.Ev COLUMNS , LANG , LC_ALL 735480f120STim J. Robbinsand 745480f120STim J. Robbins.Ev LC_CTYPE 755480f120STim J. Robbinsenvironment variables affect the execution of 765480f120STim J. Robbins.Nm 775480f120STim J. Robbinsas described in 785480f120STim J. Robbins.Xr environ 7 . 796c7216dfSRuslan Ermilov.Sh EXIT STATUS 806c7216dfSRuslan Ermilov.Ex -std 819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh EXAMPLES 829c276042SGuy Helmer.Dl (printf \&"PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY \&"\ \&;\ \&\e 839c276042SGuy Helmer.Dl printf \&"HH:MM/YEAR NAME\en\&"\ \&;\ \&\e 849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dl ls -l \&| sed 1d) \&| column -t 859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr colrm 1 , 879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ls 1 , 889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr paste 1 , 899b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr sort 1 909b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 919b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 929b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm 939b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in 949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 Reno . 958a68dbebSTim J. Robbins.Sh BUGS 964438d91eSRuslan ErmilovInput lines are limited to 974438d91eSRuslan Ermilov.Dv LINE_MAX 984438d91eSRuslan Ermilov(2048) bytes in length. 99