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diff --git a/column.pl b/column.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+my %width = ();
+my @lines = ();
+while (my $line = <>) {
+	chomp $line;
+	push @lines, $line;
+	my @parts = split(/\t/, $line);
+	my $counter = 0;
+	for (; $counter < @parts; $counter++) {
+		my $partlen = length($parts[$counter]);
+		$width{$counter} = $partlen if !defined($width{$counter}) or $partlen > $width{$counter}
+	}
+}
+
+for my $line (@lines) {
+	my @parts = split(/\t/, $line);
+	my $counter = 0;
+	for (; $counter < @parts; $counter++) {
+		my $partlen = $width{$counter};
+		printf "%-*s | ", $partlen, $parts[$counter];
+	}
+	printf "\n";
+}
+
+#print Dumper(\%width);