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1.1     ! root        1: .TH COLUMN 1
        !             2: .CT 1 files writing_output
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: col, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, mc, fold, expand \- column alignment
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B col
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -bfx 
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B 2
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I file
        !            14: ]
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .B mc
        !            17: [
        !            18: .B -
        !            19: ]
        !            20: [
        !            21: .BI - N
        !            22: ]
        !            23: [
        !            24: .B -t
        !            25: ]
        !            26: [
        !            27: .I file ...
        !            28: ]
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .B fold
        !            31: [
        !            32: .BI - N
        !            33: ]
        !            34: [
        !            35: .I file ...
        !            36: ]
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .B expand
        !            39: [
        !            40: .BI - stops
        !            41: ]
        !            42: [
        !            43: .I file ...
        !            44: ]
        !            45: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            46: These programs rearrange files for appearance's sake.
        !            47: All read the standard input and write the standard output.
        !            48: Some optionally read from files instead.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: .I Col
        !            51: overlays lines to expunge reverse line feeds
        !            52: (ESC-7)
        !            53: and half line feeds (ESC-9 and ESC-8)
        !            54: as produced by
        !            55: .I nroff
        !            56: for .2C in
        !            57: .IR ms (6)
        !            58: and for 
        !            59: .IR tbl (1).
        !            60: It normally emits only full line feeds;
        !            61: option 
        !            62: .B -f
        !            63: (fine) allows half line feeds too.
        !            64: Option 
        !            65: .B -b
        !            66: removes backspaces, printing just one of each pile of overstruck
        !            67: characters.
        !            68: .I Col
        !            69: normally converts white space to tabs;
        !            70: option
        !            71: .B -x
        !            72: overrides this feature.
        !            73: Other escaped characters and non-printing characters, except for
        !            74: SO and SI, are ignored.
        !            75: .PP
        !            76: .I Col
        !            77: should not be used for printing on an HP ThinkJet printer with
        !            78: .I think
        !            79: .RI ( thinkblt (9.1)),
        !            80: which performs the
        !            81: .I col
        !            82: function itself.
        !            83: .PP
        !            84: Commands
        !            85: .I "2, 3, 4, 5, 6"
        !            86: convert their input to 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-column form,
        !            87: with consecutive input lines arranged across each row.
        !            88: .PP
        !            89: .I Fold
        !            90: inserts newlines after each
        !            91: .I N
        !            92: characters (default
        !            93: .IR n =80,
        !            94: or
        !            95: .IR mux (9.1)
        !            96: window size)
        !            97: of long lines.
        !            98: .PP
        !            99: .I Mc
        !           100: splits the input into as many columns as will fit in
        !           101: .I N
        !           102: print positions (default
        !           103: .IR N =80).
        !           104: Under option
        !           105: .B -
        !           106: each input line ending in a colon 
        !           107: .L :
        !           108: is printed separately (see example).
        !           109: On output, multiple spaces are converted to tabs; this
        !           110: is suppressed by option
        !           111: .BR -t .
        !           112: .PP
        !           113: .I Expand
        !           114: replaces tabs by spaces.
        !           115: The optional
        !           116: .I stops
        !           117: argument is a comma-separated list of tab stops, counted from 0;
        !           118: default is every 8 columns.
        !           119: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           120: .TP
        !           121: .L
        !           122: tbl file | nroff -ms | col | hp
        !           123: Format some tables for printing on typewriters;
        !           124: use
        !           125: .I col
        !           126: to remove reverse line feeds and 
        !           127: .I hp
        !           128: (see
        !           129: .IR ul (1))
        !           130: to do underlining, etc., on an HP terminal.
        !           131: .TP
        !           132: .L
        !           133: ls directory1 directory2 | mc -
        !           134: List files in multiple columns, separated by directory.
        !           135: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           136: .IR pr (1)
        !           137: .SH BUGS
        !           138: .I Col
        !           139: can't back up more than 128 lines or
        !           140: handle more than 800 characters per line,
        !           141: and understands
        !           142: .L VT
        !           143: (013) as reverse line feed.

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