NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     colrm - remove columns from a file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     colrm [start [stop]]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 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 specified,
 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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      6,      1993