lk/basics/column.md

title	tags
column	basics format json

Put output into column.

du -h /etc/* | column

Reformat file with an explicit separator (-s):

column -ts: /etc/passwd

Give columns names (-N), so you can hide some (-H):

column -ts: -N User,PW,UID,GID,Description,Home,shell -H PW,GID /etc/passwd

Reorder with -O (unspecified items remain):

column -ts: -N User,PW,UID,GID,Description,Home,shell -H PW,GID -O User,Description,shell /etc/passwd 

Output to json format with -J:

column -J -ts: -H PW,GID,shell -N User,PW,UID,GID,Description,Home,shell /etc/passwd