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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# ponysaylist
+# Prints a list of ponies in columns
+#
+# Licensed under WTFPL
+# See COPYING for details
+
+# Author: Mattias Andrée, maandree@kth.se
+
+
+$first = 1;
+$scrw = 1;
+$maxw = 1;
+
+foreach $arg (@ARGV)
+{
+ if ($first == 1)
+ { $first = 0;
+ $scrw = $arg;
+ }
+ else
+ { $w = length $arg;
+ $maxw = $w if ($w > $maxw);
+ }
+}
+
+$cols = int (($scrw + 2) / ($maxw + 2));
+$cols = 1 if ($cols < 1);
+
+
+@list = ();
+
+$first = 1;
+$items = 0;
+foreach $arg (@ARGV)
+{
+ if ($first == 1)
+ { $first = 0;
+ }
+ else
+ { $ws = $maxw - (length $arg);
+ push @list, $arg.(" "x$ws);
+ $items += 1;
+ }
+}
+
+
+$rows = int (($items + $cols - 1) / $cols);
+$i = 0;
+@rowlist = ();
+
+while ($i < $items)
+{ $row = 0;
+ while (($row < $rows) and ($i < $items))
+ {
+ $rowlist[$row] .= " " unless ($i < $rows);
+ $rowlist[$row] .= $list[$i];
+ $row += 1;
+ $i += 1;
+} }
+
+foreach $row (@rowlist)
+{
+ print $row."\n";
+}
+