static char            default_sort_order[] = "comm,dso";
 static char            *sort_order = default_sort_order;
-static char            *dso_list_str, *comm_list_str, *sym_list_str;
+static char            *dso_list_str, *comm_list_str, *sym_list_str,
+                       *col_width_list_str;
 static struct strlist  *dso_list, *comm_list, *sym_list;
+static char            *field_sep;
 
 static int             input;
 static int             show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
        struct read_event               read;
 } event_t;
 
+static int repsep_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+       int n;
+       va_list ap;
+
+       va_start(ap, fmt);
+       if (!field_sep)
+               n = vfprintf(fp, fmt, ap);
+       else {
+               char *bf = NULL;
+               n = vasprintf(&bf, fmt, ap);
+               if (n > 0) {
+                       char *sep = bf;
+                       while (1) {
+                               sep = strchr(sep, *field_sep);
+                               if (sep == NULL)
+                                       break;
+                               *sep = '.';
+                       }
+               }
+               fputs(bf, fp);
+               free(bf);
+       }
+       va_end(ap);
+       return n;
+}
+
 static LIST_HEAD(dsos);
 static struct dso *kernel_dso;
 static struct dso *vdso;
        return self;
 }
 
+static unsigned int dsos__col_width,
+                   comms__col_width,
+                   threads__col_width;
+
 static int thread__set_comm(struct thread *self, const char *comm)
 {
        if (self->comm)
                free(self->comm);
        self->comm = strdup(comm);
-       return self->comm ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+       if (!self->comm)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       if (!col_width_list_str && !field_sep &&
+           (!comm_list || strlist__has_entry(comm_list, comm))) {
+               unsigned int slen = strlen(comm);
+               if (slen > comms__col_width) {
+                       comms__col_width = slen;
+                       threads__col_width = slen + 6;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static size_t thread__fprintf(struct thread *self, FILE *fp)
 
        int64_t (*cmp)(struct hist_entry *, struct hist_entry *);
        int64_t (*collapse)(struct hist_entry *, struct hist_entry *);
-       size_t  (*print)(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *);
+       size_t  (*print)(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *, unsigned int width);
+       unsigned int *width;
 };
 
 static int64_t cmp_null(void *l, void *r)
 }
 
 static size_t
-sort__thread_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self)
+sort__thread_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self, unsigned int width)
 {
-       return fprintf(fp, "%16s:%5d", self->thread->comm ?: "", self->thread->pid);
+       return repsep_fprintf(fp, "%*s:%5d", width - 6,
+                             self->thread->comm ?: "", self->thread->pid);
 }
 
 static struct sort_entry sort_thread = {
-       .header = "         Command:  Pid",
+       .header = "Command:  Pid",
        .cmp    = sort__thread_cmp,
        .print  = sort__thread_print,
+       .width  = &threads__col_width,
 };
 
 /* --sort comm */
 }
 
 static size_t
-sort__comm_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self)
+sort__comm_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self, unsigned int width)
 {
-       return fprintf(fp, "%16s", self->thread->comm);
+       return repsep_fprintf(fp, "%*s", width, self->thread->comm);
 }
 
 static struct sort_entry sort_comm = {
-       .header         = "         Command",
+       .header         = "Command",
        .cmp            = sort__comm_cmp,
        .collapse       = sort__comm_collapse,
        .print          = sort__comm_print,
+       .width          = &comms__col_width,
 };
 
 /* --sort dso */
 }
 
 static size_t
-sort__dso_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self)
+sort__dso_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self, unsigned int width)
 {
        if (self->dso)
-               return fprintf(fp, "%-25s", self->dso->name);
+               return repsep_fprintf(fp, "%-*s", width, self->dso->name);
 
-       return fprintf(fp, "%016llx         ", (u64)self->ip);
+       return repsep_fprintf(fp, "%*llx", width, (u64)self->ip);
 }
 
 static struct sort_entry sort_dso = {
-       .header = "Shared Object            ",
+       .header = "Shared Object",
        .cmp    = sort__dso_cmp,
        .print  = sort__dso_print,
+       .width  = &dsos__col_width,
 };
 
 /* --sort symbol */
 }
 
 static size_t
-sort__sym_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self)
+sort__sym_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self, unsigned int width __used)
 {
        size_t ret = 0;
 
        if (verbose)
-               ret += fprintf(fp, "%#018llx  ", (u64)self->ip);
+               ret += repsep_fprintf(fp, "%#018llx  ", (u64)self->ip);
 
        if (self->sym) {
-               ret += fprintf(fp, "[%c] %s",
+               ret += repsep_fprintf(fp, "[%c] %s",
                        self->dso == kernel_dso ? 'k' :
                        self->dso == hypervisor_dso ? 'h' : '.', self->sym->name);
 
                if (self->sym->module)
-                       ret += fprintf(fp, "\t[%s]", self->sym->module->name);
+                       ret += repsep_fprintf(fp, "\t[%s]",
+                                            self->sym->module->name);
        } else {
-               ret += fprintf(fp, "%#016llx", (u64)self->ip);
+               ret += repsep_fprintf(fp, "%#016llx", (u64)self->ip);
        }
 
        return ret;
 }
 
 static size_t
-sort__parent_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self)
+sort__parent_print(FILE *fp, struct hist_entry *self, unsigned int width)
 {
-       size_t ret = 0;
-
-       ret += fprintf(fp, "%-20s", self->parent ? self->parent->name : "[other]");
-
-       return ret;
+       return repsep_fprintf(fp, "%-*s", width,
+                             self->parent ? self->parent->name : "[other]");
 }
 
+static unsigned int parent_symbol__col_width;
+
 static struct sort_entry sort_parent = {
-       .header = "Parent symbol       ",
+       .header = "Parent symbol",
        .cmp    = sort__parent_cmp,
        .print  = sort__parent_print,
+       .width  = &parent_symbol__col_width,
 };
 
 static int sort__need_collapse = 0;
                return 0;
 
        if (total_samples)
-               ret = percent_color_fprintf(fp, "   %6.2f%%",
-                               (self->count * 100.0) / total_samples);
+               ret = percent_color_fprintf(fp,
+                                           field_sep ? "%.2f" : "   %6.2f%%",
+                                       (self->count * 100.0) / total_samples);
        else
-               ret = fprintf(fp, "%12Ld ", self->count);
+               ret = fprintf(fp, field_sep ? "%lld" : "%12lld ", self->count);
 
        list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
                if (exclude_other && (se == &sort_parent))
                        continue;
 
-               fprintf(fp, "  ");
-               ret += se->print(fp, self);
+               fprintf(fp, "%s", field_sep ?: "  ");
+               ret += se->print(fp, self, se->width ? *se->width : 0);
        }
 
        ret += fprintf(fp, "\n");
  *
  */
 
+static void dso__calc_col_width(struct dso *self)
+{
+       if (!col_width_list_str && !field_sep &&
+           (!dso_list || strlist__has_entry(dso_list, self->name))) {
+               unsigned int slen = strlen(self->name);
+               if (slen > dsos__col_width)
+                       dsos__col_width = slen;
+       }
+
+       self->slen_calculated = 1;
+}
+
 static struct symbol *
 resolve_symbol(struct thread *thread, struct map **mapp,
               struct dso **dsop, u64 *ipp)
 
        map = thread__find_map(thread, ip);
        if (map != NULL) {
+               /*
+                * We have to do this here as we may have a dso
+                * with no symbol hit that has a name longer than
+                * the ones with symbols sampled.
+                */
+               if (!map->dso->slen_calculated)
+                       dso__calc_col_width(map->dso);
+
                if (mapp)
                        *mapp = map;
 got_map:
        struct sort_entry *se;
        struct rb_node *nd;
        size_t ret = 0;
+       unsigned int width;
+       char *col_width = col_width_list_str;
 
        fprintf(fp, "\n");
        fprintf(fp, "#\n");
        list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
                if (exclude_other && (se == &sort_parent))
                        continue;
-               fprintf(fp, "  %s", se->header);
+               if (field_sep) {
+                       fprintf(fp, "%c%s", *field_sep, se->header);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               width = strlen(se->header);
+               if (se->width) {
+                       if (col_width_list_str) {
+                               if (col_width) {
+                                       *se->width = atoi(col_width);
+                                       col_width = strchr(col_width, ',');
+                                       if (col_width)
+                                               ++col_width;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       width = *se->width = max(*se->width, width);
+               }
+               fprintf(fp, "  %*s", width, se->header);
        }
        fprintf(fp, "\n");
 
+       if (field_sep)
+               goto print_entries;
+
        fprintf(fp, "# ........");
        list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
                unsigned int i;
                        continue;
 
                fprintf(fp, "  ");
-               for (i = 0; i < strlen(se->header); i++)
+               if (se->width)
+                       width = *se->width;
+               else
+                       width = strlen(se->header);
+               for (i = 0; i < width; i++)
                        fprintf(fp, ".");
        }
        fprintf(fp, "\n");
 
        fprintf(fp, "#\n");
 
+print_entries:
        for (nd = rb_first(&output_hists); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
                pos = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
                ret += hist_entry__fprintf(fp, pos, total_samples);
                   "only consider symbols in these comms"),
        OPT_STRING('S', "symbols", &sym_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
                   "only consider these symbols"),
+       OPT_STRING('w', "column-widths", &col_width_list_str,
+                  "width[,width...]",
+                  "don't try to adjust column width, use these fixed values"),
+       OPT_STRING('t', "field-separator", &field_sep, "separator",
+                  "separator for columns, no spaces will be added between "
+                  "columns '.' is reserved."),
        OPT_END()
 };
 
        setup_list(&comm_list, comm_list_str, "comm");
        setup_list(&sym_list, sym_list_str, "symbol");
 
+       if (field_sep && *field_sep == '.') {
+               fputs("'.' is the only non valid --field-separator argument\n",
+                     stderr);
+               exit(129);
+       }
+
        setup_pager();
 
        return __cmd_report();