On 11/03/2010 10:04 AM, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
  problem:

     The usage with -t is to form a table, which, although code level
     implementation is similar to multi-column layout, in fact is a very
     different usage than what is mentioned in the first paragraph.

Now I think the right move would be to add the -t parameter to the command it really belongs to: expand(1)

Quote from manual:

       Convert  tabs in each FILE to spaces, writing to standard output.  With

       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.


The feature of expanding field separator to an automatically calculated value 
existed
in column as a convenient (or lazy) design, not a usage-oriented design.




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