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nroff (I)

COL(VI)  −  PWB/UNIX 5/20/74

NAME

col − filter reverse line feeds

SYNOPSIS

col

DESCRIPTION

Col reads the standard input and writes the standard output.  It performs the line overlays implied by reverse line feeds (ascii code ESC-7).  Col is particularly useful for filtering multicolumn output made with the ‘.rt’ command of nroff. 

SEE ALSO

nroff (I)

BUGS

Can’t back up more than 102 lines. 

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