---
name: "reorder-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/reorder-columns"
---

# reorder-columns(1)

reorder columns of a tab-delimited file

## NAME

reorder-columns - reorder columns of a tab-delimited file

## SYNOPSIS

**reorder-columns** *N* ...

## DESCRIPTION

**reorder-columns** is a Unix-style filter that reads tab-delimited data on standard input and prints to standard output a modified version with all rows in their original order but columns reordered and possibly removed or repeated.

## OPTIONS

*N* Use input column *N* next on each line.

## SEE ALSO

[**between-two-genes**(1)](/between-two-genes/1.md), [**filter-columns**(1)](/filter-columns/1.md), [**just-top-hits**(1)](/just-top-hits/1.md), [**print-columns**(1)](/print-columns/1.md), [**sort-table**(1)](/sort-table/1.md), [**uniq-table**(1)](/uniq-table/1.md), [**xtract**(1)](/xtract/1.md).