COLRM
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BSD mandoc
BSD 3
NAME
colrm
- remove columns from a file
SYNOPSIS
colrm
[startcol [endcol
]
]
DESCRIPTION
Colrm
removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input.
Output is sent to standard output.
If called with one parameter the columns
of each line will be removed starting with the specified column.
If called with two parameters the columns from the first column
to the last column will be removed.
Column numbering starts with column 1.
SEE ALSO
awk(1),
column(1),
expand(1),
paste(1)
HISTORY
The
colrm
command appeared in
BSD 3.0
AVAILABILITY
The colrm command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.