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column — format delimited text into aligned tables
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linux-column.sh
# column — align delimited input into a readable table
# TSV file:
column -t -s $'\t' models.tsv
# CSV:
column -t -s ',' data.csv
# Colon-separated:
column -t -s ':' /etc/passwd
# Key:value pairs from a command:
some-tool --status | column -t -s ':'
# Wrap a long list into screen-width columns (like ls):
cat capabilities.txt | column
# Live table view with watch:
watch -n2 'column -t -s $'"'"'\t'"'"' models.tsv'
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