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# DESCRIPTION

**ansicolumn** is a [column(1)](http://man.he.net/man1/column) command clone that can handle ANSI
terminal sequences, backspaces, and Asian wide characters.  It
supports traditional options, some of the Linux extended options, and
many of its own original options.

<div>
    <p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-grep.png">
</div>

In addition to normal operation, table style output (`-t`) is
supported as well.

<div>
    <p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-table.png">
</div>

In contrast to the original [column(1)](http://man.he.net/man1/column) command which handles mainly
short item lists, and the Linux variant which has been expanded to have
rich table style output, **ansicolumn(1)** has been expanded to show
text files in a multi-column view.  Combined with pagination and a
document-friendly folding mechanism, it can be used as a document
viewing preprocessor for a pager program.

<div>
    <p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-man.png">
</div>

To accurately display file contents, blank lines that were ignored by
the original [column(1)](http://man.he.net/man1/column) command are preserved.

When multiple files are given as arguments, it enters parallel
view mode and shows all files in parallel.  This is convenient for viewing
multiple files side-by-side.

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    <p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-cell.png">
</div>

## COMPATIBLE OPTIONS

The column utility formats its input into multiple columns.  Rows are
filled before columns.  Input is taken from _file_ operands, or, by
default, from the standard input.

- **-w**#, **-c**#, **--width**=#, **--output-width**=#

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=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<ansicolumn> is a L<column(1)> command clone that can handle ANSI
terminal sequences, backspaces, and Asian wide characters.  It
supports traditional options, some of the Linux extended options, and
many of its own original options.

=begin html

<p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-grep.png">

=end html

In addition to normal operation, table style output (C<-t>) is
supported as well.

=begin html

<p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-table.png">

=end html

In contrast to the original L<column(1)> command which handles mainly
short item lists, and the Linux variant which has been expanded to have
rich table style output, B<ansicolumn(1)> has been expanded to show
text files in a multi-column view.  Combined with pagination and a
document-friendly folding mechanism, it can be used as a document
viewing preprocessor for a pager program.

=begin html

<p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-man.png">

=end html

To accurately display file contents, blank lines that were ignored by
the original L<column(1)> command are preserved.

When multiple files are given as arguments, it enters parallel
view mode and shows all files in parallel.  This is convenient for viewing
multiple files side-by-side.

=begin html

<p><img width="750" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tecolicom/App-ansicolumn/master/images/ac-cell.png">

=end html

=head2 COMPATIBLE OPTIONS

The column utility formats its input into multiple columns.  Rows are
filled before columns.  Input is taken from I<file> operands, or, by
default, from the standard input.

=over 7