Listener feedback, plus **colrm** and **column** from **util-linux**.
Tip: To get information about strange characters in GNU Emacs, place your
cursor on the character and then type **Alt**-**x** **describe-char**
$ cat example.txt
hello world
$ cat example.txt | colrm 1 1
ello world
$ cat example.txt | colrm 1 6
world
$ column --table /etc/fstab
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