COLUMN(1) | General Commands Manual | COLUMN(1) |
column
— columnate
lists
column |
[-tx ] [-c
columns] [-s
sep] [file ...] |
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
-s
-t
option.-t
-s
option. Useful for
pretty-printing displays.-x
COLUMNS
COLUMNS
is used to
determine the size of the screen if no other information is
available.The column
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
(echo "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP
SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME"; \
ls -l | sed 1d) | column
-t
The column
command appeared in
4.3BSD-Reno.
March 9, 2008 | NetBSD 10.99 |