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1.7     ! jmc        33: .Dd $Mdocdate$
1.1       deraadt    34: .Dt COLRM 1
1.4       aaron      35: .Os
1.1       deraadt    36: .Sh NAME
                     37: .Nm colrm
                     38: .Nd remove columns from a file
                     39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     40: .Nm colrm
                     41: .Op Ar start Op Ar stop
                     42: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.5       aaron      43: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    44: removes selected columns from the lines of a file.
                     45: A column is defined as a single character in a line.
                     46: Input is read from the standard input.
                     47: Output is written to the standard output.
                     48: .Pp
                     49: If only the
                     50: .Ar start
                     51: column is specified, columns numbered less than the
                     52: .Ar start
                     53: column will be written.
                     54: If both
                     55: .Ar start
                     56: and
                     57: .Ar stop
                     58: columns are specified, columns numbered less than the
                     59: .Ar start
                     60: column
                     61: or greater than the
                     62: .Ar stop
                     63: column will be written.
                     64: Column numbering starts with one, not zero.
                     65: .Pp
                     66: Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight.
                     67: Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.
                     68: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     69: .Xr awk 1 ,
                     70: .Xr column 1 ,
                     71: .Xr cut 1 ,
                     72: .Xr paste 1
                     73: .Sh HISTORY
                     74: The
1.5       aaron      75: .Nm
1.4       aaron      76: command appeared in
1.1       deraadt    77: .Bx 3.0 .