column

Format output for specific width

$ printf "header1 header2\nbar foo\n" | column -c 30

$ printf "header1 header2\nbar foo\n" | column -t

$ printf "header1,header2\nbar,foo\n" | column -t -s ,

$ printf "header1\nbar\nfoobar\n" | column -c 30 -x

column [options] [file...]

column formats text from stdin or a file into multiple columns. By default, columns are filled before rows using whitespace as separator.
The table mode (-t) is particularly useful for aligning structured data into readable tables.

-c, --output-width width

Output width in characters

Create a table with aligned columns

Column delimiters for table mode (default: whitespace)

Fill rows before filling columns

Table output column separator

Part of util-linux. The table mode requires consistent delimiter usage. Very long lines may cause formatting issues.

colrm(1), cut(1), paste(1)