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diff --git a/text-utils/col.1 b/text-utils/col.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdd5c02 --- /dev/null +++ b/text-utils/col.1 @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Michael Rendell. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)col.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 6/17/91 +.\" +.TH COL "1" "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +col \- filter reverse line feeds from input +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B col +[options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B col +filters out reverse (and half-reverse) line feeds so the output is in the +correct order, with only forward and half-forward line feeds. It also replaces +any whitespace characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in +processing the output of +.BR nroff (1) +and +.BR tbl (1). +.PP +.B col +reads from standard input and writes to standard output. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-no\-backspaces\fR +Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character written to +each column position. +.TP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fine\fR +Permit half-forward line feeds. +Normally characters destined for a half-line boundary are printed on the +following line. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-tabs\fR +Output tabs instead of multiple spaces. +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR \fInumber\fR +Buffer at least +.I number +lines in memory. By default, 128 lines are buffered. +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pass\fR +Force unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged. Normally +.B col +will filter out any control sequences other than those +recognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below. +.TP +\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-spaces\fR +Output multiple spaces instead of tabs. +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Display version information and exit. +.TP +\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Display help text and exit. +.SH CONFORMING TO +The +.B col +utility conforms to the Single UNIX Specification, Version 2. The +.B \-l +option is an extension to the standard. +.SH NOTES +The control sequences for carriage motion that +.B col +understands and their decimal values are listed in the following table: +.PP +.RS +.PD 0 +.TP 18 +.B ESC\-7 +reverse line feed (escape then 7) +.TP +.B ESC\-8 +half reverse line feed (escape then 8) +.TP +.B ESC\-9 +half forward line feed (escape then 9) +.TP +.B backspace +moves back one column (8); ignored in the first column +.TP +.B newline +forward line feed (10); also does carriage return +.TP +.B carriage return +(13) +.TP +.B shift in +shift to normal character set (15) +.TP +.B shift out +shift to alternate character set (14) +.TP +.B space +moves forward one column (32) +.TP +.B tab +moves forward to next tab stop (9) +.TP +.B vertical tab +reverse line feed (11) +.PD +.RE +.PP +All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded. +.PP +.B col +keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes sure the +character set is correct when they are output. +.PP +If the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line, +.B col +will display a warning message. +.SH HISTORY +A +.B col +command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR expand (1), +.BR nroff (1), +.BR tbl (1) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The col command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/ +Linux Kernel Archive +.UE . |