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+.\"     @(#)column.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.TH COLUMN 1 "October 2010" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+column - columnate lists
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B column
+.RI [ options ]
+.IR file ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B column
+utility formats its input into multiple columns.  Rows
+are filled before columns.  Input is taken from \fIfile\fR or, by
+default, from standard input.  Empty lines are ignored.
+.PP
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP "\fB\-c, \-\-columns\fP \fIwidth\fP"
+Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters.
+.IP "\fB\-t, \-\-table\fP"
+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 separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing.
+.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparator\fP"
+Specify table separator (default is whitespace).
+.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP"
+Fill columns before filling rows.
+.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
+Print help and exit.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of
+the screen if no other information is available.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.nf
+sed 's/#.*//' /etc/fstab | column -t
+.nf
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR colrm (1),
+.BR ls (1),
+.BR paste (1),
+.BR sort (1)
+.SH HISTORY
+The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The column command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.