From b13154de3eca5ba28fbb4854d916cd0be5febeed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Igor Pashev Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:15:39 +0400 Subject: Imported Upstream version 2.22 --- text-utils/column.1 | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text-utils/column.1 (limited to 'text-utils/column.1') diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2050666 --- /dev/null +++ b/text-utils/column.1 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)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/. -- cgit v1.2.3