## NAME

## SYNOPSIS

## DESCRIPTION

The

utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are filled before columns. Input is taken from

operands, or, by default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored unless the

option is used.

The options are as follows:

Output is formatted for a display

wide.

Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the

option.

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

option. Useful for pretty-printing displays.

Fill columns before filling rows.

By default, the column command will merge multiple adjacent delimiters into a single delimiter when using the

option; this option disables that behavior. This option is a Debian GNU/Linux extension.

Do not ignore empty lines.

## ENVIRONMENT

The

and

environment variables affect the execution of

as described in

## EXIT STATUS

## EXAMPLES

## SEE ALSO

## HISTORY

The

command appeared in

## BUGS

Input lines are limited to

(2048) bytes in length.