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Description
The column command behaves in a rather peculiar way, and IMO the tldr page for it does not make this clear, as can be seen by the discussions in #1053 and #2990.
We should rework the page to make it clearer, both by improving the descriptions, and by using examples that make the patterns of its behavior more evident. Ideally, after reading the page, the reader should be able to reasonably predict what the command will do with a given set of options and input.
Relevant links:
- manpage for the version shipped with Ubuntu (BSD)
- manpage for the version included in util-linux (which has a bunch more options).
- blog post with various useful examples
Similar commands:
In addition, we should make sure to either stick to the features available in macOS's version of the tool (the options -c, -s, -t and -x), or split the page into linux and macos versions.