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32.\" @(#)colrm.1 6.6 (Berkeley) 3/14/91
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34.TH COLRM "1" "September 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands"
35.SH NAME
36colrm \- remove columns from a file
37.SH SYNOPSIS
38.B colrm
39.RI [ first \ [ last ]]
40.SH DESCRIPTION
41.B colrm
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42removes selected columns from a file. Input is taken from standard input.
43Output is sent to standard output.
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44.PP
45If called with one parameter the columns of each line will be removed
46starting with the specified
47.I first
48column. If called with two parameters the columns from the
49.I first
50column to the
51.I last
52column will be removed.
53.PP
6dbe3af9 54Column numbering starts with column 1.
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55.SH OPTIONS
56.TP
57\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
b4362b6f 58Display version information and exit.
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59.TP
60\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
b4362b6f 61Display help text and exit.
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62.SH HISTORY
63The
64.B colrm
65command appeared in 3.0BSD.
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dbeb1d73 67.BR awk (1p),
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68.BR column (1),
69.BR expand (1),
70.BR paste (1)
960531ff 71.SH AVAILABILITY
601d12fb 72The colrm command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
d673b74e 73.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
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74Linux Kernel Archive
75.UE .