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.
The
and
environment variables affect the execution of
as described in
The
command appeared in
Input lines are limited to
(2048) bytes in length.