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-.TH COLRM 1 ""
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-colrm \- remove columns from a file
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B colrm
-[
-startcol
-[
-endcol
-]
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Colrm
-removes selected columns from a file.  Input is taken from standard input.
-Output is sent to standard output.
-.PP
-If called with one parameter the columns
-of each line will be removed starting with the specified column.
-If called with two parameters the columns from the first column
-to the last column will be removed.
-.PP
-Column numbering starts with column 1.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-awk(1), column(1), expand(1), paste(1)
+.\"     @(#)colrm.1    8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dt COLRM 1
+.Os BSD 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm colrm
+.Nd remove columns from a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm colrm
+.Op Ar start Op Ar stop
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Colrm
+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 SEE ALSO
+.Xr awk 1 ,
+.Xr column 1 ,
+.Xr cut 1 ,
+.Xr paste 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm colrm
+command appeared in 
+.Bx 3.0 .