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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" $NetBSD: colrm.1,v 1.3 1995/03/26 09:04:01 glass Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)colrm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dt COLRM 1
+.Os BSD 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm colrm
+.Nd remove columns from a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm colrm
+.Op Ar start Op Ar stop
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Colrm
+removes selected columns from the lines of a file.
+A column is defined as a single character in a line.
+Input is read from the standard input.
+Output is written to the standard output.
+.Pp
+If only the
+.Ar start
+column is specified, columns numbered less than the
+.Ar start
+column will be written.
+If both
+.Ar start
+and
+.Ar stop
+columns are specified, columns numbered less than the
+.Ar start
+column
+or greater than the
+.Ar stop
+column will be written.
+Column numbering starts with one, not zero.
+.Pp
+Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight.
+Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr awk 1 ,
+.Xr column 1 ,
+.Xr cut 1 ,
+.Xr paste 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm colrm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .