title: How to format console output in columns
body: <p>I have the following text file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[master]$ cat output.txt 
  CHAR.L  96.88   -6.75 (-6.49%)
  MXP.L   12.62   -1.00 (-7.41%)
  NEW.L   7.88    -0.75 (-8.57%)
  AGQ.L   17.75   -0.62 (-3.40%)
  RMP.L   13.12   -0.38 (-2.75%)
  RRR.L   3.35    -0.20 (-5.71%)
  RRL.L   7.95    -0.15 (-1.85%)
  SOU.L   1.73    -0.10 (-5.22%)
  YELL.L  5.47    -0.04 (-0.73%)
  AMC.L   9.75    -0.01 (-0.05%)
  PLU:USOP    95.40   0.00 (+0%)
  BP-.L   452.10  0.95 (+0.21%)
  SXX.L   29.00   1.50 (+5.41%)
  LLOY.L  26.78   1.64 (+6.52%)
  DES.L   23.62   2.25 (+10.34%)
  GKP.L   171.62  4.50 (+2.69%)
  XEL.L   83.75   5.00 (+6.33%)
  BARC.L  190.57  9.80 (+5.43%)
  RKH.L   251.62  12.00 (+5.02%)
  UKX.L   5529.21 45.44 (+0.83%)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to fix the <strong>alignment</strong> of the columns. 
  Obviously I can import into a spreadsheet or something but I would like to remain within the terminal.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Using expand I can achieve the desired result on Ubuntu, but is this the best way?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[master]$ cat output.txt | expand -t24
  CHAR.L      96.88       -6.75 (-6.49%)
  AMC.L       9.75        -0.01 (-0.05%)
  PLU:USOP    95.40       0.00 (+0%)
  </code></pre>