Annotation of src/usr.bin/colrm/colrm.1, Revision 1.1
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! 34: .\" @(#)colrm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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! 36: .Dd June 6, 1993
! 37: .Dt COLRM 1
! 38: .Os BSD 3
! 39: .Sh NAME
! 40: .Nm colrm
! 41: .Nd remove columns from a file
! 42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
! 43: .Nm colrm
! 44: .Op Ar start Op Ar stop
! 45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
! 46: .Nm Colrm
! 47: removes selected columns from the lines of a file.
! 48: A column is defined as a single character in a line.
! 49: Input is read from the standard input.
! 50: Output is written to the standard output.
! 51: .Pp
! 52: If only the
! 53: .Ar start
! 54: column is specified, columns numbered less than the
! 55: .Ar start
! 56: column will be written.
! 57: If both
! 58: .Ar start
! 59: and
! 60: .Ar stop
! 61: columns are specified, columns numbered less than the
! 62: .Ar start
! 63: column
! 64: or greater than the
! 65: .Ar stop
! 66: column will be written.
! 67: Column numbering starts with one, not zero.
! 68: .Pp
! 69: Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight.
! 70: Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.
! 71: .Sh SEE ALSO
! 72: .Xr awk 1 ,
! 73: .Xr column 1 ,
! 74: .Xr cut 1 ,
! 75: .Xr paste 1
! 76: .Sh HISTORY
! 77: The
! 78: .Nm colrm
! 79: command appeared in
! 80: .Bx 3.0 .