measure the width of console output

with sfk ruler for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
- open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
- OS X : type mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
- Linux: type mv sfk-linux.exe sfk    and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

sfk ruler [columns]

print a ruler. supports output chaining.

examples
  sfk ruler 200 +toclip
    copy a 200 columns ruler into clipboard

 
Example output:
         1         2         3         4         5         6         7        
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012

sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's,
no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for
windows, linux and mac are included).