How to split a string into columns in bash
<p>I am making an alias function where it returns some comments which remind me of what alias I need to run for different functionality, this is as example :</p>

<pre><code>echo 'sendToDropBox "localFile", "remoteDir"  # send a local file to dropbox ' 
echo 'evernote "title", "conte/file", "notebook_name"  # send to evernote, notebook_name is optional'
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<p>I want the content starting from <code>#</code> to align. I searched columns, but they only seem to work with data coming from a file. I tried this :</p>

<pre><code>printf "%s\n" "this is a test" | column -t
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<p>But that just spaces the words. How can I get this output</p>

<pre><code>ToDropBox "localFile", "remoteDir"               # send a local file to dropbox
evernote "title", "conte/file", "notebook_name"  # send to evernote...
tweet "book", "tweet"                            # post a tweet...
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