1.\" $NetBSD: colrm.1,v 1.6 2001/12/01 16:43:11 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)colrm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 6, 1993 37.Dt COLRM 1 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm colrm 41.Nd remove columns from a file 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Ar start Op Ar stop 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46.Nm 47removes selected columns from the lines of a file. 48A column is defined as a single character in a line. 49Input is read from the standard input. 50Output is written to the standard output. 51.Pp 52If only the 53.Ar start 54column is specified, columns numbered less than the 55.Ar start 56column will be written. 57If both 58.Ar start 59and 60.Ar stop 61columns are specified, columns numbered less than the 62.Ar start 63column 64or greater than the 65.Ar stop 66column will be written. 67Column numbering starts with one, not zero. 68.Pp 69Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight. 70Backspace 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 77The 78.Nm 79command appeared in 80.Bx 3.0 . 81