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.\"     @(#)column.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\"     @(#)column.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd July 29, 2004
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.Dd February 22, 2019
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.Dt COLUMN 1
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.Dt COLUMN 1
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.Os
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh NAME
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The
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The
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.Nm
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.Nm
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utility formats its input into multiple columns.
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utility formats its input into multiple columns.
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Rows are filled before columns.
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Columns are filled before rows.
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Input is taken from
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Input is taken from
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.Ar file
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.Ar file
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operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
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operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
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option.
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option.
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Useful for pretty-printing displays.
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Useful for pretty-printing displays.
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.It Fl x
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.It Fl x
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Fill columns before filling rows.
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Fill rows before filling columns.
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.El
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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The
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The
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.Nm
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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Historical versions of
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.Nm
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indicated that "rows are filled before columns" by default, and that the
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.Fl x
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option reverses this. This wording did not reflect the actual behavior, and
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it has since been corrected (see above). Other implementations of
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.Nm
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may continue to use the older documentation, but the behavior should be
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identical in any case.
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.Sh BUGS
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.Sh BUGS
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Input lines are limited to
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Input lines are limited to
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.Dv LINE_MAX
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.Dv LINE_MAX

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