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I have this table which is messed up 

DB  Size_in_MB
foobar  11011.2
barfoo  4582.9
donkey  4220.8
shoryuken   555.9
hadouken    220.0
kong    214.8
super_mario_bros_p  211.1

there are unnecessary spaces between columns. I want to add | and adjust the spaces between columns. I tried sed 's/\t/|/g'and sed 's/\t/\t|\t/g' but did not work 

DB  |   Size_in_MB
foobar  |   11011.2
barfoo  |   4582.9
donkey  |   4220.8
shoryuken   |   555.9
hadouken    |   220.0
kong    |   214.8
super_mario_bros_p  |   211.1

I want the table like this:

DB                  |  Size_in_MB
foobar              |  11011.2
barfoo              |  4582.9
donkey              |  4220.8
shoryuken           |  555.9
hadouken            |  220.0
kong                |  214.8
super_mario_bros_p  |  211.1
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Try the command column as follows:

cat file | sed 's/\t/,|,/g' | column -s ',' -t
DB                  |  Size_in_MB
foobar              |  11011.2
barfoo              |  4582.9
donkey              |  4220.8
shoryuken           |  555.9
hadouken            |  220.0
kong                |  214.8
super_mario_bros_p  |  211.1
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  • thank you but this is still doesn't work. the columns are not adjusted! – Suzie Oct 7 '18 at 12:26
  • Hi @Suzie I just ran the command and the results as listed in my answer. Run the command on your original table! – user88036 Oct 7 '18 at 12:28
  • @Goro: also ran the command but did not work for me either. For me sed 's/\s\+/,|,/g' did the trick. – Thomas Oct 7 '18 at 12:33
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    Ah Ok my bad, it worked I was doing it on the second table. Thank you for help! – Suzie Oct 7 '18 at 12:34

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