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since debian stable's version of column(1) doesn't handle successive delimiters

$ go install go.senan.xyz/table@master

$ printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '' b c aaaa b c a bbbbbb c '' '' c | table
     b      c
aaaa b      c
a    bbbbbb c
            c

$ printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '' b c aaaa b c a bbbbbb c '' '' c | table '|'
     | b      | c
aaaa | b      | c
a    | bbbbbb | c
     |        | c

# works for streams with a flush interval
$ tail -f logs | pick-cols | table : 3
2023 : event one   : event param           : 53f1a74226358c8c7
2023 : event two   : event name is longer  : 53f1a74226358c8c7
2023 : event three : event                 : 53f1a74226358c8c7
2023 : event longer one   : event longer param           : 53f1a74226358c8c7
2023 : event longer two   : event longer name is longer  : 53f1a74226358c8c7
2023 : event longer three : event longer                 : 53f1a74226358c8c7