awk one liner: get max column width across all records

maxcol-width.awk

#This will print the length of the longest field in a column across all records
# awk -F"|" '{ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) { max[i] = length($i) > max[i] ? length($i) : max[i] ;ncols = i > ncols ? i : ncols }} END { for (col=1; col <= ncols; col++) {printf "%d\n", max[col]}}'
##This example has pipe separated record adjust field separator as needed
##This example only prints the max length of each column (in order) with a CR, adjust printf statement as needed

### Sample data ####
FOO='
Host|SysID|DevID|Name|Model|Part ID|UUID|LABEL|FS|MNT|Bootable
node01ob20|pk3fqr|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node01ob20|pk3fqr|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node02ob20|ahtaey|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node02ob20|ahtaey|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node03ob20|tkaccf|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node03ob20|tkaccf|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node04ob20|akxxxe|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node04ob20|akxxxe|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node05ob20|decwdb|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node05ob20|decwdb|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node06ob20|xfsypq|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node06ob20|xfsypq|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node07ob20|cp4cnf|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node07ob20|cp4cnf|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node08ob20|m4a3ae|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node08ob20|m4a3ae|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node09ob20|nfwc3r|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node09ob20|nfwc3r|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
node10ob20|4d68wq|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|48|f87c08cb-c444-4f81-af8a-5ed22947f63d|efi|fat32|/boot/efi|true
node10ob20|4d68wq|73|sda|KINGSTON SV300S3|49|3a8024f2-0aa0-4005-8400-cf8d4a3d175d|root|ext4|/|false
'
# Example using above data.  
$ echo "$FOO"|awk -F"|" '{ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) { max[i] = length($i) > max[i] ? length($i) : max[i] ;ncols = i > ncols ? i : ncols }} END { for (col=1; col <= ncols; col++) {printf "%d\n", max[col]}}'
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