Interdata_v6/usr/doc/man/man1/mc.1
.th MC I MAR/76
.sh NAME
mc \*- filter which splits output into columns
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd mc
[+m]
[-n]
[file]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.bd mc
reads from the standard input ( or "file" if the argument is given )
and writes to the standard output splitting as many lines as possible
per line. "-n" sets the line width
(default 80) and "+m" sets the number of blanks to be printed
between input lines (default 2).
.sh EXAMPLES
ls ^ mc
.br
nm /net/caltech/unix | mc -130 | pr -h "Cal conf" | lpr
.sh AUTHOR
University of Toronto
.sh BUGS
It should break on lines terminated by a :.
This would allow ls dir1 dir2^mc to work.