.TH MAKETRIX 1 "March 5, 1985" "\(co 1980 Gary Perlman" "|STAT" "UNIX User's Manual"
.SH NAME
maketrix -\ format a file into a matrix type file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B maketrix
[-s] [ncols]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I maketrix
reads strings separated by white space (spaces, tabs, and newlines)
from the standard input and prints \fIncols\fR of them per line
to the standard output until the input is exhausted.
.SH OPTIONS
.de OP
.TP
.B -\\$1 \\$2
..
.OP s
Be silent about the last line missing columns.
Otherwise, a warning is printed.
.TP
.B ncols
If \fBncols\fR is not specified, a two column default is used.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  |  maketrix 5
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
.fi
.SH LIMITS
Use the -L option to determine the program limits.