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column(1): add tests and -l flag

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column(1): add tests and -l flag

column(1): add tests

Reviewed by: des
Approved by: des (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49911

(cherry picked from commit 6f2b1b56ac3dd154bd98f5a7ea075abcb4356560)

column(1): add -l flag

the '-l <tblcols>' flag limits the number of columns that column(1) will
produce in -t mode. this is syntax-compatible with the same option in
util-linux's column(1), but due to existing differences between the two
implementations, it's not semantically compatible.

as a side-effect, fix a pre-existing bug where empty fields could cause
incorrect output:

% echo ':' | column -ts:
(null)

while here, also fix a couple of minor existing issues.

Reviewed by: des
Approved by: des (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50290

(cherry picked from commit 313713b24c6d2a3061972c4f431515c4f1b01c77)

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ivyAuthored on May 7 2025, 9:27 AM
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des
Differential Revision
D49911: column(1): add tests
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rG9f290050a6cd: ng_sample: fix style nits
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