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+Columns
+=======
+
+Rich can render text or other Rich renderables in neat columns with the :class:`~rich.columns.Columns` class. To use, construct a Columns instance with an iterable of renderables and print it to the Console.
+
+The following example is a very basic clone of the ``ls`` command in OSX / Linux to list directory contents::
+
+ import os
+ import sys
+
+ from rich import print
+ from rich.columns import Columns
+
+ if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+ print("Usage: python columns.py DIRECTORY")
+ else:
+ directory = os.listdir(sys.argv[1])
+ columns = Columns(directory, equal=True, expand=True)
+ print(columns)
+
+
+See `columns.py <https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich/blob/master/examples/columns.py>`_ for an example which outputs columns containing more than just text.
+