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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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