AutoGen - The Automated Program Generator: 8.4 Invoking columns

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## 8.4 Invoking columns

This program has no explanation.

This program was designed for the purpose of generating compact, columnized tables. It will read a list of text items from standard in or a specified input file and produce a columnized listing of all the non-blank lines. Leading white space on each line is preserved, but trailing white space is stripped. Methods of applying per-entry and per-line embellishments are provided. See the formatting and separation arguments below.

This program is used by AutoGen to help clean up and organize its output.

See ‘`autogen/agen5/fsm.tpl`’ and the generated output ‘`pseudo-fsm.h`’.

This function was not implemented as an expression function because either it would have to be many expression functions, or a provision would have to be added to provide options to expression functions. Maybe not a bad idea, but it is not being implemented at the moment.

A side benefit is that you can use it outside of AutoGen to columnize input, a la the `ls` command.

This section was generated by AutoGen, the aginfo template and the option descriptions for the `columns` program. It documents the columns usage text and option meanings.

This software is released under the GNU General Public License.

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