Re: what is the use of -c parameter of column(1), can you demonstrate with an example?
On 2010-11-03 15:05:55 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Phil Requirements wrote:
> > I find that the column utility belongs to bsdmainutils package, so
> > it's a BSD application, not a GNU one. I think it would make sense to
> > file a bug, since you want to offer an improvement.
>
> Thanks for point that bsdmainutils out. I had been using FreeBSD for a
> few years before using Linux. I wonder which is the true upstream of
> bsdmainutils? I might file the bug in FreeBSD project, if it is the
> upstream of this Linux package, and hope the changes slip in Linux in a
> few years.
>
It's definitely hard to know where to file a bug for these old
unix apps that are so widespread.
Thanks for bringing up this discussion of the column utility.
I am having fun using it. I just did:
aptitude update | column -t
Much better!
Phil
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