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     ccoolluummnn - columnate lists

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     ccoolluummnn [--cc_c_o_l_u_m_n_s] [--ss_s_e_p] [--ttxx] [_f_i_l_e _._._.]

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     The ccoolluummnn utility formats its input into multiple columns.  Rows are
     filled before columns.  Input is taken from _f_i_l_e operands, or, by de-
     fault, from the standard input.  Empty lines are ignored.

     The options are as follows:

     --cc	Output is formatted for a display _c_o_l_u_m_n_s wide.

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

     --tt	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 --ss option.	Useful for
	     pretty-printing displays.

     --xx	Fill columns before filling rows.

     CCoolluummnn 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.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
	   (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 ccoolluummnn command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.

BSD Experimental		March 14, 1991				1
