Another option is `pr` command: $ seq 15 | pr -3ts 1 6 11 2 7 12 3 8 13 4 9 14 5

Another option is `pr` command: $ seq 15 | pr -3ts 1 6 11 2 7 12 3 8 13 4 9 14 5 10 15 $ seq 15 | pr -3ats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 One difference is that you'll need `6` instead of `14` for the example in the article. The `-j` option of `rs` is cool.