Listener feedback, plus **colrm** and **column** from **util-linux**. Tip: To get information about strange characters in GNU Emacs, place your cursor on the character and then type **Alt**-**x** **describe-char** $ cat example.txt hello world $ cat example.txt | colrm 1 1 ello world $ cat example.txt | colrm 1 6 world $ column --table /etc/fstab shasum -a256=3eb1a2bf89f4bdd041a4c1491186ad7c2912c74a3076e81921717e5899d2e3a4