text-utils/colrm.1

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