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  • I've tried column2 and it works!! Unfortunately not so fast as column. Here goes the times: column2 did 0.706s/0.599s/0.612s/0.622s while original column did 0.012s/0.009s/0.009s/0.010s. It makes difference when the user is waiting for the information to be shown. But.... as column won't work with color escape codes, I'll continue using color2 and +1 to the author. Commented Apr 30, 2017 at 3:18
  • Brilliant! Can I use this in an open source project I am working on? I just sent you a mail with more information :)
    – mfnalex
    Commented Dec 19, 2017 at 14:20
  • is this available on GitHub? if so you should provide a link, I'd love to give it a star :) Commented Oct 3, 2020 at 21:21
  • @HudsonSantos I made a Perl-based version of column2 that is way faster (column: 0m0,059s/0m0,015s/0m0,015s, while mine 0m0,092s/0m0,000s/0m0,000s). I'll post it on Github (making credit to this answer obviously) and share it with you guys Commented Dec 28, 2021 at 18:56
  • See my answer stackoverflow.com/a/70513399/8965861 Commented Dec 28, 2021 at 23:04