title: How can I align the columns of a space separated table in Bash?
body: <p>I have a file with an arbitrary number of non-aligned columns separated with whitespace.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to align the columns of the file.</p>
  
  <p>I've looked at the <code>col</code> command, and it doesn't seem appropriate.</p>
  
  <p>I could write an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK" rel="noreferrer">AWK</a> script, but it seems like a more obvious command should exist.</p>