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authorSami Kerola2012-10-08 09:08:08 +0200
committerKarel Zak2012-10-15 16:19:35 +0200
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column: add --output-separator option
The --output-separator option will allow user to define table column separator. This will allow for example to write back same delimeter as which was used as input separator, for example column -t -s : -o : /etc/passwd Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
supplied using the separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing.
.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP"
Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace).
+.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP"
+Specify table output delimiter (default is two whitespaces).
.IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP"
Fill columns before filling rows.
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"