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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/column.1 b/static/v10/man1/column.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..316a062f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/column.1 @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +.TH COLUMN 1 +.CT 1 files writing_output +.SH NAME +col, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, mc, fold, expand \- column alignment +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B col +[ +.B -bfx +] +.PP +.B 2 +[ +.I file +] +.PP +.B mc +[ +.B - +] +[ +.BI - N +] +[ +.B -t +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B fold +[ +.BI - N +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B expand +[ +.BI - stops +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +These programs rearrange files for appearance's sake. +All read the standard input and write the standard output. +Some optionally read from files instead. +.PP +.I Col +overlays lines to expunge reverse line feeds +(ESC-7) +and half line feeds (ESC-9 and ESC-8) +as produced by +.I nroff +for .2C in +.IR ms (6) +and for +.IR tbl (1). +It normally emits only full line feeds; +option +.B -f +(fine) allows half line feeds too. +Option +.B -b +removes backspaces, printing just one of each pile of overstruck +characters. +.I Col +normally converts white space to tabs; +option +.B -x +overrides this feature. +Other escaped characters and non-printing characters, except for +SO and SI, are ignored. +.PP +.I Col +should not be used for printing on an HP ThinkJet printer with +.I think +.RI ( thinkblt (9.1)), +which performs the +.I col +function itself. +.PP +Commands +.I "2, 3, 4, 5, 6" +convert their input to 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-column form, +with consecutive input lines arranged across each row. +.PP +.I Fold +inserts newlines after each +.I N +characters (default +.IR n =80, +or +.IR mux (9.1) +window size) +of long lines. +.PP +.I Mc +splits the input into as many columns as will fit in +.I N +print positions (default +.IR N =80). +Under option +.B - +each input line ending in a colon +.L : +is printed separately (see example). +On output, multiple spaces are converted to tabs; this +is suppressed by option +.BR -t . +.PP +.I Expand +replaces tabs by spaces. +The optional +.I stops +argument is a comma-separated list of tab stops, counted from 0; +default is every 8 columns. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.L +tbl file | nroff -ms | col | hp +Format some tables for printing on typewriters; +use +.I col +to remove reverse line feeds and +.I hp +(see +.IR ul (1)) +to do underlining, etc., on an HP terminal. +.TP +.L +ls directory1 directory2 | mc - +List files in multiple columns, separated by directory. +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR pr (1) +.SH BUGS +.I Col +can't back up more than 128 lines or +handle more than 800 characters per line, +and understands +.L VT +(013) as reverse line feed. |
