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colrm(1)						      General Commands Manual							  colrm(1)

NAME
colrm - Extracts columns from a file SYNOPSIS
colrm start_column [end_column] DESCRIPTION
The colrm command removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input. Output is sent to standard output. If you specify start_column only, columns between start_column and the last column of each line, inclusive, are removed. If you specify start_column and end_column, columns between start_column and end_column, inclusive, are removed. Column numbering starts with column 1. SEE ALSO
Commands: awk(1), cut(1) colrm(1)

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COLRM(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  COLRM(1)

NAME
colrm -- remove columns from a file SYNOPSIS
colrm [start [stop]] DESCRIPTION
The colrm utility 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. If only the start column is specified, columns numbered less than the start column will be written. If both start and stop columns are spec- ified, columns numbered less than the start column or greater than the stop column will be written. Column numbering starts with one, not zero. Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight. Backspace characters decrement the column count by one. ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of colrm as described in environ(7). EXIT STATUS
The colrm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SEE ALSO
awk(1), column(1), cut(1), paste(1) HISTORY
The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD. BSD
August 4, 2004 BSD
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