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brew leaves show the result with one column unlike brew list, which shows it with multiple columns (actual number depending on the terminal window size). How can I achieve the same effect with brew leaves?

johan
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EDIT (much simpler): brew leaves | column

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Just use: brew leaves | column -c $(tput cols)

Explanation:

| is a pipe, which connect the output of brew leaves to the input of column -c $(tput cols)

column command:

The -c option determines the width of the created table (c stands for console columns, not for table columns).

find the width & height of a terminal window:

tput cols tells you the number of columns.

$(<your command>) lets you use the command output as variable.

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    You could use the built-in `$COLUMNS` instead of `$(tput cols)`, or even easier, just skip that option as `column` defaults to the full available width. – Benjamin W. Jan 15 '19 at 15:55