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                     38: .\"     @(#)col.1      8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93
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                     40: .Dd June 29, 1993
                     41: .Dt COL 1
                     42: .Os
                     43: .Sh NAME
                     44: .Nm col
                     45: .Nd filter reverse line feeds from input
                     46: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     47: .Nm col
                     48: .Op Fl bfx
                     49: .Op Fl l Ar num
                     50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     51: .Nm Col
                     52: filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is
                     53: in the correct order with only forward and half forward line
                     54: feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible.
                     55: This can be useful in processing the output of
                     56: .Xr nroff 1
                     57: and
                     58: .Xr tbl  1 .
                     59: .Pp
                     60: .Nm Col
                     61: reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
                     62: .Pp
                     63: The options are as follows:
                     64: .Bl -tag -width "-l num  "
                     65: .It Fl b
                     66: Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character
                     67: written to each column position.
                     68: .It Fl f
                     69: Forward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode).
                     70: Normally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed
                     71: on the following line.
                     72: .It Fl x
                     73: Output multiple spaces instead of tabs.
                     74: .It Fl l Ar num
                     75: Buffer at least
                     76: .Ar num
                     77: lines in memory.
                     78: By default, 128 lines are buffered.
                     79: .El
                     80: .Pp
                     81: The control sequences for carriage motion that
                     82: .Nm col
                     83: understands and their decimal values are listed in the following
                     84: table:
                     85: .Pp
                     86: .Bl -tag -width "carriage return" -compact
                     87: .It ESC\-7
                     88: reverse line feed (escape then 7)
                     89: .It ESC\-8
                     90: half reverse line feed (escape then 8)
                     91: .It ESC\-9
                     92: half forward line feed (escape then 9)
                     93: .It backspace
                     94: moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
                     95: .It carriage return
                     96: (13)
                     97: .It newline
                     98: forward line feed (10); also does carriage return
                     99: .It shift in
                    100: shift to normal character set (15)
                    101: .It shift out
                    102: shift to alternate character set (14)
                    103: .It space
                    104: moves forward one column (32)
                    105: .It tab
                    106: moves forward to next tab stop (9)
                    107: .It vertical tab
                    108: reverse line feed (11)
                    109: .El
                    110: .Pp
                    111: All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are
                    112: discarded.
                    113: .Pp
                    114: .Nm Col
                    115: keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes
                    116: sure the character set is correct when they are output.
                    117: .Pp
                    118: If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line,
                    119: .Nm col
                    120: will display a warning message.
                    121: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    122: .Xr expand 1 ,
                    123: .Xr nroff 1 ,
                    124: .Xr tbl 1
                    125: .Sh HISTORY
                    126: A
                    127: .Nm col
                    128: command appeared in
                    129: .At v6 .