PACKAGE |STAT Data Manipulation and Analysis, by Gary Perlman
NAME maketrix - format a file into a matrix type file
SYNOPSIS maketrix [-s] [ncols]
DESCRIPTION maketrix reads strings separated by white space (spaces, tabs, and newlines) from the standard input and prints ncols of them per line to the standard output until the input is exhausted.
OPTIONS
-s
Be silent about the last line missing columns. Otherwise, a warning is printed.
ncols
If ncols is not specified, a two column default is used.
The following standard help options are supported. The program exits after displaying the help.
-L
Display limits
-O
Display options and values
-V
Display version number and date
EXAMPLE 
echo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  |  maketrix 5
1    2    3    4    5
6    7    8    9    10
LIMITS Use the -L option to determine the program limits.
SEE ALSO transpose to transpose matrix format files.
dsort to sort matrix format files.
colex to extract columns.
UPDATED March 5, 1985