---
name: "align-columns"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/align-columns"
---

# align-columns(1)

align the columns of tab-delimited input

## NAME

align-columns - align the columns of tab-delimited input

## SYNOPSIS

**align-columns** \[**-a** *codes***\]** **\[-g** *N***\]** **\[-h** *N***\]** **\[-w** *N***\]**

**align-columns -**

## DESCRIPTION

**align-columns aligns the columns of tab-delimited input** **(always taken from standard input)** **and writes the result to standard output.** **It is roughly equivalent to transmute -align,** **but accepts - as shorthand for -h 2 -g 4 -a l.**

## OPTIONS

**See [transmute(1)](/transmute/1.md).**

## SEE ALSO

[**transmute**(1)](/transmute/1.md), [**snp2tbl**(1)](/snp2tbl/1.md), [**spdi2tbl**(1)](/spdi2tbl/1.md), [**xml2tbl**(1)](/xml2tbl/1.md), [**xtract**(1)](/xtract/1.md).