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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 .