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COLRM(1)                                            User Commands                                            COLRM(1)



NAME
       colrm - remove columns from a file

SYNOPSIS
       colrm [first [last]]

DESCRIPTION
       colrm  removes  selected columns from a file.  Input is taken from standard input.  Output is sent to standard
       output.

       If called with one parameter the columns of each line will be removed starting with the specified  first  col‐
       umn.  If called with two parameters the columns from the first column to the last column will be removed.

       Column numbering starts with column 1.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
              Output version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Output help and exit.

SEE ALSO
       awk(1), column(1), expand(1), paste(1)

HISTORY
       The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD.

AVAILABILITY
       The  colrm  command  is  part  of  the  util-linux  package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨ftp://
       ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.



util-linux                                          September 2011                                           COLRM(1)