From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:43917 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757599Ab3E3Vzf (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 May 2013 17:55:35 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EDC620A4A for ; Thu, 30 May 2013 17:55:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1369950934.2640.140661237825437.1D1D200C@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: "Util-Linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: column: does '--fillrows' fill columns first? Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 23:55:34 +0200 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, The man page of 'column' says that it fills rows before columns, and for the option '--fillrows' it says that it then fills columns first. (Seems like a very poor naming choice to me, but... okay.) But then, the help text says that '--fillrows' fills rows first. The latter seems to be correct, because '-x' never seems to have any effect. So, how does one fill columns first? Also: what is '-c' supposed to do? It doesn't seem to have any effect ever either. Regards, Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own