NAME

       neaten - neaten up output columns

SYNOPSIS

       neaten [ format ]

DESCRIPTION

       Neaten 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.

       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.

       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.

       The default format is "8.8".

EXAMPLE

       To examine a file with columns of numbers:

         neaten 10.8 < input | more

BUGS

       Columns wider than the total width of the format specification will be printed without any
       separating white space.

       The program does not do anything special with tabs on the input.

AUTHOR

       Greg Ward

SEE ALSO

       cnt(1), rcalc(1), rlam(1), total(1)