1.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)colrm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt COLRM 1 10.Os BSD 3 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm colrm 13.Nd remove columns from a file 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm colrm 16.Op Ar start Op Ar stop 17.Sh DESCRIPTION 18.Nm Colrm 19removes selected columns from the lines of a file. 20A column is defined as a single character in a line. 21Input is read from the standard input. 22Output is written to the standard output. 23.Pp 24If only the 25.Ar start 26column is specified, columns numbered less than the 27.Ar start 28column will be written. 29If both 30.Ar start 31and 32.Ar stop 33columns are specified, columns numbered less than the 34.Ar start 35column 36or greater than the 37.Ar stop 38column will be written. 39Column numbering starts with one, not zero. 40.Pp 41Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight. 42Backspace characters decrement the column count by one. 43.Sh SEE ALSO 44.Xr awk 1 , 45.Xr column 1 , 46.Xr cut 1 , 47.Xr paste 1 48.Sh HISTORY 49The 50.Nm colrm 51command appeared in 52.Bx 3.0 . 53