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authorKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2025-12-04 18:41:44 +0100
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2025-12-04 18:41:44 +0100
commitb650e692702bda91d2b6ff4a27329f2ea087274f (patch)
tree3b0664e159ea589361b20938b69430f4f1534c13 /text-utils
parent5756e7ba8aba220177099188c3d120e111199fa9 (diff)
parentbc577050f952b3ea0603c6ca8a4354950b330402 (diff)
downloadutil-linux-master.tar.gz
Merge branch 'PR/column-input-separator-alias' of https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux-workHEADmaster
* 'PR/column-input-separator-alias' of https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux-work: column: add --input-separator as an alias for --separator
Diffstat (limited to 'text-utils')
-rw-r--r--text-utils/column.1.adoc2
-rw-r--r--text-utils/column.c4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/text-utils/column.1.adoc b/text-utils/column.1.adoc
index 69f2f794ff..e1e5a1c6f4 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.1.adoc
+++ b/text-utils/column.1.adoc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Omit printing the header. This option allows having user-supplied column names o
*-o, --output-separator* _string_::
Column delimiter for table output (default is two spaces).
-*-s, --separator* _separators_::
+*-s, --input-separator, --separator* _separators_::
Possible input-item delimiters (default is whitespace).
*-S, --use-spaces* _number_::
diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 7a37cb886c..5a9e9a03b6 100644
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
fputs(_(" -c, --output-width <width> width of output in number of characters\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -o, --output-separator <string> columns separator for table output\n"
" (default is two spaces)\n"), out);
- fputs(_(" -s, --separator <string> possible table delimiters\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -s, --input-separator, --separator <string>\n"
+ " possible table delimiters\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -x, --fillrows fill rows before columns\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -S, --use-spaces <number> minimal whitespaces between columns (no tabs)\n"), out);
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{ "color", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_COLOR },
{ "fillrows", no_argument, NULL, 'x' },
{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
+ { "input-separator", required_argument, NULL, 's' }, /* alias for --separator */
{ "json", no_argument, NULL, 'J' },
{ "keep-empty-lines", no_argument, NULL, 'L' },
{ "output-separator", required_argument, NULL, 'o' },