description: mpl2col provides a means of assembling a column-format self-describing data file
from one or more mpl-format files. Both columns of the mpl files are added to
the table, provided each has a name that is not already present in the file and that
the number of data points in the file is the same as the number of rows in the table.
files: mpl-filenamelist is a list of one or more mpl-format files to be assembled
into or added to a column-format file.
options:
output
Specifies the name of the column-format file to add data to;
if column-file does not exist, it is created.
erase
Requests that if column-file already exists, the data in it be erased before
putting the files from mpl-filenamelist into the table.
format
Specifies a C-style format-string that will be used to print all new columns.
title, topline
Specify label strings for the title and topline entries of the column-format file.