| columns (GNU AutoGen) - Columnize Input Text - Ver. 1.2
USAGE: columns [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]...
Flg Arg Option-Name Description
-W Num width Maximum Line Width
- it must be: 16 to 4095
-c Num columns Desired number of columns
- it must be: 1 to 2048
-w Num col-width Set width of each column
- it must be: 1 to 2048
Num spread maximum spread added to column width
- it must be: 1 to 1024
no fill Fill lines with input
- prohibits these options:
spread
col-width
by-columns
-I Str indent Line prefix or indentation
Str first-indent First line prefix
- requires these options:
indent
Num tab-width tab width
-s opt sort Sort input text
-f Str format Formatting string for each input
-S Str separation Separation string - follows all but last
Str line-separation string at end of all lines but last
Str ending string at end of last line
no by-columns Print entries in column order
-i Str input Input file (if not stdin)
-v opt version Output version information and exit
-? no help Display extended usage information and exit
-! no more-help Extended usage information passed thru pager
-> opt save-opts Save the option state to a config file
-< Str load-opts Load options from a config file
- disabled as --no-load-opts
- may appear multiple times
Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name
or by a single hyphen and the flag character.
The following option preset mechanisms are supported:
- reading file /old-home/bkorb/ag/ag/columns/.columnsrc
- reading file /old-home/bkorb/ag/ag/.columnsrc
- examining environment variables named COLUMNS_*
This program was designed for the purpose of generating compact,
columnized tables. It will read a list of text items from standard
in or a specified input file and produce a columnized listing of
all the non-blank lines. Leading white space on each line is
preserved, but trailing white space is stripped. Methods of
applying per-entry and per-line embellishments are provided.
See the formatting and separation arguments below.
This program is used by AutoGen to help clean up and organize
its output.
please send bug reports to: autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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