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NAME

App::colalign -- Align the number of columns on each line upon TSV input.

SYNOPSIS

This module provides a Unix-like command `colalign'. This command `colalign' gets the TSV formatted file into the output consisting with all the lines each of which packed with the number of columns at least NUM where NUM is specified by the option -a. It is useful when a large TSV file containg glitches such as containing extra new line characters in the middle of a line.

DESCRIPTION

colalign -a NUM  # Align the number of columns into the number NUM. 

Options : 

 -c str : Specifies the character string replacing an extra new line character. If not specified it is "#n#".
 -i str : Specifies the column separator on the input. If not specified it is "\t" (tab character).
 -1 REGEX : If a line contains only one column : if it matches the REGEX, it is regarded as a next line. Otherwise, it is regarded as of the previous line.

SEE ALSO

App::colsummary
App::csel
App::collen (to be published, soon after Aug 2023)
App::alluniq (to be published, soon after Aug 2023)

AUTHOR

下野寿之 Toshiyuki SHIMONO <bin4tsv@gmail.com> The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, a visiting researcher.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2023 Toshiyuki SHIMONO. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.