what is the syntax to creating columns  IE..                     name       time        dayWe need more information from you than that.that was an awful question on my part.  I am setting up a chart of the number of users logged in

who | cut -c1-8 | sort---this is my first column which displays user. I need to put a heading over I.E.       

users     time         date
joe        1:20         10/30
jack
john
               how do align the column headings to correspond to the  output                                                                                                                                      http://www.mysysad.com/2007/05/list-logged-in-users-on-system.html
this may help. I am by no means an expert on UNIX.What do you mean by "IE"?  The web browser Internet Explorer, or "that is" (i.e.)?

You might want to explorer the "-H" flag of who, which prints column headings.  You could for EXAMPLE do this:

Code: [Select]who -H | head -n 1; who | sort

For smarter processing of the output, consider using awk. QUOTE from: beginner 1 on October 30, 2011, 08:59:36 AM

that was an awful question on my part.  I am setting up a chart of the number of users logged in

who | cut -c1-8 | sort---this is my first column which displays user. I need to put a heading over I.E.       

users     time         date
joe        1:20         10/30
jack
john
               how do align the column headings to correspond to the  output