Shell Programming and Scripting

hello

I'm writing a bash script and the thing is I want the results that come from the command call to be put the one under the other in ONE column.Instead they're put the one next to the other in different columns.the command is

Code:

for loop
do
        command | awk '{print $1,$2,$3} | column
done

and for an input like (result comes from command before piped with column) :


John Steves usr1
Margaret Brown usr2
Elliot Green usr3
George Rochkind usr4
Sam Black usr5


the output after column is


John Steves usr1..............Margaret Brown usr2.............Elliot Green usr3
George Rochkind usr4.........Sam Black usr5


but the desired output is :


John................Steves....................usr1
Margaret..........Brown.....................usr2
Elliot...............Green......................usr3
George............Rochkind..................usr4
Sam...............Black.......................usr5



Is there a way to do that?
thanks in advance!

(No dots needed!Just to justify the problem and the space between columns)

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