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| .\" @(#)colrm.1 6.6 (Berkeley) 3/14/91 |
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| .Dd March 14, 1991 |
| .Dt COLRM 1 |
| .Os BSD 3 |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm colrm |
| .Nd remove columns from a file |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm colrm |
| .Op Ar startcol Op Ar endcol |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm Colrm |
| removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input. |
| Output is sent to standard output. |
| .Pp |
| If called with one parameter the columns |
| of each line will be removed starting with the specified column. |
| If called with two parameters the columns from the first column |
| to the last column will be removed. |
| .Pp |
| Column numbering starts with column 1. |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr awk 1 , |
| .Xr column 1 , |
| .Xr expand 1 , |
| .Xr paste 1 |
| .Sh HISTORY |
| The |
| .Nm |
| command appeared in |
| .Bx 3.0 . |
| .Sh AVAILABILITY |
| The colrm command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |