Build a column of values using a repeated string. The number of lines in the new file will match the number of data lines in the input table file.

% table_column_fake --help    

Usage: table_column_fake A 0.0 N Xe Y  
arg1 - basename of table file (A for A.table)   
arg2 - fake string (0.0) 
arg3 - retain a "# data" marker (Y/N) 
arg4 - Full name of file for pulled column   
arg5 - run in debug/verbose mode (Y/N)  


EXAMPLE:
% cat margdist_sub.table 
# col averaged marginal distribution  
# data
1281.0       98.2673      22.3309       1.9661      129.0
1282.0      106.6238      22.0833       1.9443      129.0
1283.0      116.1897      26.9070       2.3690      129.0
1284.0      134.5386      33.4264       2.9430      129.0

% table_column_fake margdist_sub 0.0 Y Xee N 
% cat Xee 
# data
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0
 0.0

% table_column_fake margdist_sub "Any string I want" N Xe N 
% cat Xe 
 Any string I want
 Any string I want
 Any string I want
 Any string I want