fixtotable - convert a fixed column ascii table into an ascii tab table.
SYNOPSYS
fixtotable column:start-end ...
DESCRIPTION
fixtotable coppies a fixed width ascii table from its standard input, converts
the columns given on the command line and outputs an ascii tab table with
header on its standard output.
ARGUMENTS
Command line argumants are in the form on column name followed by a column
selection specification. Output columns are produced in the order of the
argumants from the input file character column specifications given.
EXAMPLE
fixtotable RA:1-10 DEC:12-23
Produces a table with two columns, RA and DEC. The RA column contains
character columns 1-10 from the input file. The Dec column contains
character columns 12-23 from the input file.
NOTES
Some "fixed with" tables actually have thier columns alligned with the
tab character. Since fixtotable operates with strict character column counts
these table must have thier tab characters filtered out. This can be done with
the unix utility expand.
SEE ALSO
- <starbase.1>
- ascii tab tables introduction.