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+.Dd June 23, 2020
+.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 EXAMPLES
+Show columns below 3 (c) and above 5 (e):
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo -e "abcdefgh\en12345678" | colrm 3 5
+abfgh
+12678
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Specifying a start column bigger than the number of columns in the file is
+allowed and shows all the columns:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "abcdefgh" | colrm 100
+abcdefgh
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Using 1 as start column will show nothing:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "abcdefgh" | colrm 1
+
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr awk 1 ,
+.Xr column 1 ,
+.Xr cut 1 ,
+.Xr paste 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Bx 1 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Jeff Schriebman
+wrote the original version of
+.Nm
+in November 1974.