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101 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)column.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Os
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.Dt COLUMN 1
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm column
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.Nd columnate lists
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl tx
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.Op Fl c Ar columns
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.Op Fl s Ar sep
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.Op Ar
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility formats its input into multiple columns.
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Rows are filled before columns.
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Input is taken from
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.Ar file
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operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
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Empty lines are ignored.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl c
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Output is formatted for a display
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.Ar columns
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wide.
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.It Fl s
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Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
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.Fl t
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option.
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.It Fl t
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Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table.
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Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
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supplied using the
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.Fl s
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option.
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Useful for pretty-printing displays.
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.It Fl x
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Fill columns before filling rows.
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width COLUMNS
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.It Ev COLUMNS
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The environment variable
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.Ev COLUMNS
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is used to determine the size of
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the screen if no other information is available.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Dl (printf \&"PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY \&"\ \&;\ \&\e
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.Dl printf \&"HH:MM/YEAR NAME\en\&"\ \&;\ \&\e
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.Dl ls -l \&| sed 1d) \&| column -t
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr colrm 1 ,
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.Xr ls 1 ,
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.Xr paste 1 ,
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.Xr sort 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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