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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-19 23:44:58 +0000 |
commit | a07fb1cc07255490c7adbf8b4830307c3b6ae34d (patch) | |
tree | 1070287b1054de985087e8287086ae5d4c5ed090 /usr.bin/col | |
parent | e0fe548473d7c5fb4bd311d674b5af8d589f6c96 (diff) | |
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Use `The .Nm utility'
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/col')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/col/col.1 b/usr.bin/col/col.1 index e5b85fa..9578516 100644 --- a/usr.bin/col/col.1 +++ b/usr.bin/col/col.1 @@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ .Op Fl bfhpx .Op Fl l Ar num .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Col -filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is +The +.Nm +utility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half forward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. This can be useful in processing the output of @@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ This can be useful in processing the output of and .Xr tbl 1 . .Pp -.Nm Col -reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output. +The +.Nm +utility reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -117,8 +119,9 @@ reverse line feed (11) All unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are discarded. .Pp -.Nm Col -keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes +The +.Nm +utility 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, |