Bash error using the column command: 'column: line too long'

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When I type this column command with my input file I get the following error

column -t text.txt > output
column: line too long
column: line too long
column: line too long
column: line too long
column: line too long
column: line too long

When I look at the file output it seems that the first half of the file(from left to right) is not printed.

Is there a way around this error? Is there a way to do exactly what the command would do otherwise without this error?


Sample input (Real input ~640 columns)

column1 column2 column3 column4
03  2   45  3
5   6   7   8

Sample output (Real output ~640 columns)

column1    column2  column3  column4
03         2        45       3
5          6        7        8
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