netbsd man page for colrm

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

NAME
     colrm -- remove columns from a file

SYNOPSIS
     colrm [start [stop]]

DESCRIPTION
     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 stan-
     dard 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.

SEE ALSO
     awk(1), column(1), cut(1), paste(1)

HISTORY
     The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BSD
								   June 6, 1993 							       BSD