NAME

       pt-align - Align output from other tools to columns.

SYNOPSIS

       Usage: pt-align [FILES]

       pt-align aligns output from other tools to columns.  If no FILES are specified, STDIN is
       read.

       If a tool prints the following output,

          DATABASE TABLE   ROWS
          foo      bar      100
          long_db_name table  1
          another  long_name 500

       then pt-align reprints the output as,

          DATABASE     TABLE     ROWS
          foo          bar        100
          long_db_name table        1
          another      long_name  500

RISKS

       Percona Toolkit is mature, proven in the real world, and well tested, but all database
       tools can pose a risk to the system and the database server.  Before using this tool,
       please:

       •   Read the tool's documentation

       •   Review the tool's known "BUGS"

       •   Test the tool on a non-production server

       •   Backup your production server and verify the backups

DESCRIPTION

       pt-align reads lines and splits them into words.  It counts how many words each line has,
       and if there is one number that predominates, it assumes this is the number of words in
       each line.  Then it discards all lines that don't have that many words, and looks at the
       2nd line that does.  It assumes this is the first non-header line.  Based on whether each
       word looks numeric or not, it decides on column alignment.  Finally, it goes through and
       decides how wide each column should be, and then prints them out.

       This is useful for things like aligning the output of vmstat or iostat so it is easier to
       read.

OPTIONS

       This tool accepts additional command-line arguments.  Refer to the "SYNOPSIS" and usage
       information for details.

       --help
           Show help and exit.

       --version
           Show version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

       This tool does not use any environment variables.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

       You need Perl, and some core packages that ought to be installed in any reasonably new
       version of Perl.

BUGS

       For a list of known bugs, see <http://www.percona.com/bugs/pt-align>.

       Please report bugs at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit>.  Include the following
       information in your bug report:

       •   Complete command-line used to run the tool

       •   Tool "--version"

       •   MySQL version of all servers involved

       •   Output from the tool including STDERR

       •   Input files (log/dump/config files, etc.)

       If possible, include debugging output by running the tool with "PTDEBUG"; see
       "ENVIRONMENT".

DOWNLOADING

       Visit <http://www.percona.com/software/percona-toolkit/> to download the latest release of
       Percona Toolkit.  Or, get the latest release from the command line:

          wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.tar.gz

          wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.rpm

          wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.deb

       You can also get individual tools from the latest release:

          wget percona.com/get/TOOL

       Replace "TOOL" with the name of any tool.

AUTHORS

       Baron Schwartz, Brian Fraser, and Daniel Nichter

ABOUT PERCONA TOOLKIT

       This tool is part of Percona Toolkit, a collection of advanced command-line tools for
       MySQL developed by Percona.  Percona Toolkit was forked from two projects in June, 2011:
       Maatkit and Aspersa.  Those projects were created by Baron Schwartz and primarily
       developed by him and Daniel Nichter.  Visit <http://www.percona.com/software/> to learn
       about other free, open-source software from Percona.

COPYRIGHT, LICENSE, AND WARRANTY

       This program is copyright 2011-2014 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates, 2010-2011 Baron
       Schwartz.

       THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
       WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2; OR
       the Perl Artistic License.  On UNIX and similar systems, you can issue `man perlgpl' or
       `man perlartistic' to read these licenses.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
       MA  02111-1307  USA.

VERSION

       pt-align 2.2.7