xenial (1) neaten.1.gz

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)