title: Bash error using the column command: 'column: line too long'
body: <p>When I type this column command with my input file I get the following error</p>
  
  <pre><code>column -t text.txt &gt; output
  column: line too long
  column: line too long
  column: line too long
  column: line too long
  column: line too long
  column: line too long
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I look at the file output it seems that the first half of the file(from left to right) is not printed.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way around this error? Is there a way to do exactly what the command would do otherwise without this error?</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Sample input (Real input ~640 columns)</p>
  
  <pre><code>column1 column2 column3 column4
  03  2   45  3
  5   6   7   8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sample output (Real output ~640 columns)</p>
  
  <pre><code>column1    column2  column3  column4
  03         2        45       3
  5          6        7        8
  </code></pre>