Hi Chris, Thank you for the follow up.
Bellow is a quick compatibility analysis from man pages [1][2]. Two flags, -n and -e are not compatible. The first, because it is a Debian extension, the second, because util-linux has not implemented it and replaced its meaning. ╔════╤═══════════════════════════╤══════════════════════════╤════════════╗ ║ │ bsdmainutils │ util-linux │ Analysis ║ ╠════╪═══════════════════════════╪══════════════════════════╪════════════╣ ║ -c │ Output is formatted for a │ Output is formatted │ OK ║ ║ │ display columns wide. │ to a width specified │ ║ ║ │ │ as number of │ ║ ║ │ │ characters. The original │ ║ ║ │ │ name of this option is │ ║ ║ │ │ --columns; this name │ ║ ║ │ │ is deprecated since │ ║ ║ │ │ v2.30. Note that input │ ║ ║ │ │ longer than width is not │ ║ ║ │ │ truncated by default. │ ║ ╟────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────────╢ ║ -s │ Specify a set of │ Specify the possible │ OK ║ ║ │ characters to be used to │ input item delimiters │ ║ ║ │ delimit columns for the │ (default is whitespace). │ ║ ║ │ -t option. │ │ ║ ╟────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────────╢ ║ -t │ Determine the number │ Determine the number │ OK ║ ║ │ of columns the input │ of columns the input │ ║ ║ │ contains and create │ contains and create │ ║ ║ │ a table. Columns │ a table. Columns │ ║ ║ │ are delimited with │ are delimited with │ ║ ║ │ whitespace, by default, │ whitespace, by default, │ ║ ║ │ or with the characters │ or with the characters │ ║ ║ │ supplied using the │ supplied using the │ ║ ║ │ -s option. Useful │ --output-separator │ ║ ║ │ for pretty-printing │ option. Table output │ ║ ║ │ displays. │ is useful for │ ║ ║ │ │ pretty-printing. │ ║ ╟────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────────╢ ║ -x │ Fill columns before │ Fill rows before filling │ OK [3] ║ ║ │ filling rows. │ columns. │ ║ ╟────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────────╢ ║ -n │ By default, the column │ Specify the table │ Not OK ║ ║ │ command will merge │ name used for JSON │ ║ ║ │ multiple adjacent │ output. The default is │ ║ ║ │ delimiters into a single │ "table". │ ║ ║ │ delimiter when using │ │ ║ ║ │ the -t option; this │ │ ║ ║ │ option disables that │ │ ║ ║ │ behavior. This option │ │ ║ ║ │ is a Debian GNU/Linux │ │ ║ ║ │ extension. │ │ ║ ╟────┼───────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────────╢ ║ -e │ Do not ignore empty │ Print header line for │ Not OK [4] ║ ║ │ lines. │ each page. │ ║ ╚════╧═══════════════════════════╧══════════════════════════╧════════════╝ [1] (bsdmainutils) https://manned.org/column/58858679 [2] (util-linux) https://manned.org/column/256d2d15 [3] BSD manual page is misleading, see: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/pull/758 [4] util-linux version has no option to ignore empty lines
