Linux "column" Command Line Options and Examples

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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.

Usage:

column [-entx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]

Related Commands

Command Line Options:

-c

Output is formatted for a display columns wide.


                            column -c ...

-s

Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the -t option.


                            column -s ...

-x

Fill columns before filling rows.


                            column -x ...

-e

ENVIRONMENTThe COLUMNS, LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of column as described in environ(7).EXIT STATUSThe column utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.EXAMPLES(printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY " ; \printf "HH:MM/YEAR NAME\n" ; \ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t


                            column -e ...