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> Consider when you type mount ( at least on OSX)
> 
> $mount
> /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
> map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
> map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
> 
> it gave me what I wanted, but it sure is sloppy. Let's see if we can't
> clean things up a bit.
> 
> $ mount | column -t
> /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
> map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid,
> automounted, nobrowse)
> map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
> 
> 
> column can be used on any bit of output that you want in clean
> columns.
> 
> This tip comes from reddit.com/r/linuxadmin
> http://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/1x0ql2/whats_a_linux_command_you_wish_you_had_known/

Interesting command. I'll have to look at it again later. It did seem to help 
the columns line up, but I noticed that the example has varied output and made 
the columns not as useful.

I could see using it possibly to correct text that was corrupted in a copy 
paste maybe.

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Steven Critchfield [email protected]

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