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#!/bin/sh
#
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# Copyright 2014 Jeremy Brubaker <jbru362@gmail.com>
#
# abstract: print input in n columns based on command name (cols default is 2)
#

name=$(basename "$0")

# This test can be naive because `basename $0` is never empty
if [ "$name" -eq "$name" ]; then
    arg="$name"
else
    arg=2
fi

pr -"$arg" -t -l1 "$@"