coreutils/doc/coreutils.texi

2275 @cindex column to wrap data after
2562 @var{file}s, printing all in parallel, one per column.  Synopsis:
2591 column output no line truncation occurs by default.  Use @option{-W} option to
2615 @item -@var{column}
2616 @itemx --columns=@var{column}
2617 @opindex -@var{column}
2620 With each single @var{file}, produce @var{column} columns of output
2622 column width is automatically decreased as @var{column} increases; unless
2626 and @option{-i} are on for multiple text-column output.  Together with
2627 @option{-J} option column alignment and line truncation is turned off.
2629 option may set field separators.  @option{-@var{column}} may not be used
2638 @option{-@var{column}} option must be given with @var{column} greater than one.
2639 If a line is too long to fit in a column, it is truncated.
2723 Merge lines of full length.  Used together with the column options
2724 @option{-@var{column}}, @option{-a -@var{column}} or @option{-m}.  Turns off
2726 no column alignment used; may be used with
2730 @option{-s} along with the three column options.
2746 Merge and print all @var{file}s in parallel, one in each column.  If a
2747 line is too long to fit in a column, it is truncated, unless the @option{-J}
2751 by @var{string}.  The result is a continuous line numbering and column
2764 column positions of each text column or only each line of @option{-m}
2765 output.  With single column output the number precedes each line just as
2772 printed with single column output only.  The TAB width varies
2776 The TAB width is fixed to the value of the first column and does
2798 numbered single column output (compare @option{-n} option).
2815 three column options (@option{-COLUMN}|@option{-a -COLUMN}|@option{-m}) unless
2825 does not affect line truncation or column alignment.
2861 Set page width to @var{page_width} characters for multiple text-column
2865 and column alignment.
2866 Lines of full length are merged, regardless of the column options
2867 set.  No @var{page_width} setting is possible with single column output.
2875 without a column option.  With a column option, the specified @var{page_width}
2877 unless @option{-J} is used. Together with one of the three column options
2878 (@option{-@var{column}}, @option{-a -@var{column}} or @option{-m}) column
2881 @option{-W @var{page_width}} and without any of the column options NO line
2911 than one column, backspace decreases the column count, and carriage
2912 return sets the column to zero.
2923 returns are each counted as taking up one column, just like other
3756 @c Example of splitting input file, based on the value of column 2:
3834 assuming tab positions in every 8th column.
3882 Tabs are set at every 8th column.
5529 With no options, @command{comm} produces three-column output.  Column one
5530 contains lines unique to @var{file1}, column two contains lines unique
5531 to @var{file2}, and column three contains lines common to both files.
5590 column one contains the total number of lines unique to @var{file1},
5591 column two contains the total number of lines unique to @var{file2}, and
5592 column three contains the total number of lines common to both files,
5593 followed by the word @samp{total} in the additional column four.
6671 sorted according to the key (=field/column number) used in
6673 (assuming the desired key is in the first column).
6817 @c TODO: Find better column widths that work for both HTML and PDF
7480 backspace characters in the output; they decrement the column count for
7550 preserves backspace characters in the output; they decrement the column
7552 column.
8105 In long format, print the security context to the left of the size column.
8249 @item --format=single-column
8251 @opindex single-column @r{output of files}
8260 List one file per line.  This is like @option{--format=single-column}
8552 @command{ls} output fit within traditional 80-column output lines.
12374 @var{source} column, and @samp{"-"} into the @var{target} column.
12375 If there is no @var{source} column (see @option{--output}), then
12376 @command{df} prints @samp{"total"} into the @var{target} column,
15368 Do not print carriage returns in the first column.  Non-POSIX@.
16194 Print a line of column headings.
19560 @cite{What's GNU@?} column of the June 1994 @cite{Linux Journal}}.
19577 This month's column is only peripherally related to the GNU Project, in
19628 We will see some (classic) examples of this further on in the column.
20094 None of what I have presented in this column is new.  The Software Tools
20126 of Bell Labs, the original Software Toolsmith, for reviewing this column.
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