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34 .TH COLRM "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
36 colrm \- remove columns from a file
39 .RI [ first \ [ last ]]
42 removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input.
43 Output is sent to standard output.
45 If called with one parameter the columns of each line will be removed
46 starting with the specified
48 column. If called with two parameters the columns from the
52 column will be removed.
54 Column numbering starts with column 1.
57 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
58 Display version information and exit.
60 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
61 Display help text and exit.
70 command appeared in 3.0BSD.
72 The colrm command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
73 .UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/