Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?

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Subject: Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?
From: Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:04:14 +0800
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 On 11/02/2010 08:01 PM, Chris Jackson wrote:
> You could perhaps use awk:
>
> http://unstableme.blogspot.com/2008/12/awk-formatting-fields-into-columns.html
this blog post re-invented the wheel of what column -t is intended.

almustafa@orphalese:~$ column -t /tmp/cat 
NBS    Module  Status
54670  Reg     P
56783  Reg     F
56784  Smk     P
56744  Reg     F


I guess if column(1) man page is written to quality the blog poster
might not have missed it.

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