NAME
   column - columnate lists

SYNOPSIS
   column [-tx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
   The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are
   filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by
   default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.

   The options are as follows:

   -c    Output is formatted for a display columns wide.

   -s    Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
    -t option.

   -t    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 -s option. Useful for
    pretty-printing displays.

   -x    Fill columns before filling rows.

   Column exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred.

ENVIRONMENT
   COLUMNS The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size
    of the screen if no other information is available.

EXAMPLES
   (printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\n" \
   ; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t

SEE ALSO
  colrm(1),ls(1),paste(1),sort(1)

HISTORY
   The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.