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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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+.\" @(#)colrm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/colrm/colrm.1,v 1.11 2005/01/17 07:44:14 ru Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd August 4, 2004
+.Dt COLRM 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm colrm
+.Nd remove columns from a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar start Op Ar stop
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility 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.
+.Pp
+If only the
+.Ar start
+column is specified, columns numbered less than the
+.Ar start
+column will be written.
+If both
+.Ar start
+and
+.Ar stop
+columns are specified, columns numbered less than the
+.Ar start
+column
+or greater than the
+.Ar stop
+column will be written.
+Column numbering starts with one, not zero.
+.Pp
+Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight.
+Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The
+.Ev LANG , LC_ALL
+and
+.Ev LC_CTYPE
+environment variables affect the execution of
+.Nm
+as described in
+.Xr environ 7 .
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr awk 1 ,
+.Xr column 1 ,
+.Xr cut 1 ,
+.Xr paste 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .