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Task/Align-columns/AWK/align-columns.awk

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+BEGIN {
+  FS="$"
+  lcounter = 1
+  maxfield = 0
+  # justistification; pick up one
+  #justify = "left"
+  justify = "center"
+  #justify = "right"
+}
+{
+  if ( NF > maxfield ) maxfield = NF;
+  for(i=1; i <= NF; i++) {
+    line[lcounter,i] = $i
+    if ( longest[i] == "" ) longest[i] = 0;
+    if ( length($i) > longest[i] ) longest[i] = length($i);
+  }
+  lcounter++
+}
+END {
+  just = (justify == "left") ? "-" : ""
+  for(i=1; i <= NR; i++) {
+    for(j=1; j <= maxfield; j++) {
+      if ( justify != "center" ) {
+	template = "%" just longest[j] "s "
+      } else {
+	v = int((longest[j] - length(line[i,j]))/2)
+	rt = "%" v+1 "s%%-%ds"
+	template = sprintf(rt, "", longest[j] - v)
+      }
+      printf(template, line[i,j])
+    }
+    print ""
+  }
+}