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neat (1)
NAME
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neat - neaten up output columns |
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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Neat reads from its standard input and neatens up
columns separated by white space using the specified format.
The format is a string consisting of a positive integer
followed by an alignment character and another integer. The
alignment character is usually a decimal point ('.'), but it
can be any non-digit. |
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The alignment character is used as the central point of each
column. The total column field width will be the number to
the left of the alignment character plus one for the
alignment character itself plus the number to the right of
the alignment character. |
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If a field does not contain the alignment character, it will
be printed to the left of where the alignment character
would have appeared. If a field is too long to print within
the specified format, the entire field will be printed and
that row will not be aligned with the rest. |
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The default format is "8.8". |
EXAMPLE
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To examine a file with columns of numbers: |
BUGS
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Columns wider than the total width of the format
specification will be printed without any separating white
space. |
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The program does not do anything special with tabs on the
input. |
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