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COL(1)									COL(1)

NAME
       col - column alignment

SYNOPSIS
       col [ -bfx ]

DESCRIPTION
       Col  overlays lines to expunge reverse line feeds (ESC-7) and half line
       feeds (ESC-9 and ESC-8) as produced by nroff for .2C in ms(6) or man(6)
       and  for	 tbl(1).   Col	is a pure filter.  It normally emits only full
       line feeds; option -f (fine) allows half line  feeds  too.   Option  -b
       removes	backspaces, printing just one of each pile of overstruck char‐
       acters.	Col normally converts white space to tabs; option -x overrides
       this feature.  Other escaped characters and non-printing characters are
       ignored.

EXAMPLES
       tbl file | nroff -ms | col | p
	      Format some tables for  printing	on  typewriters;  use  col  to
	      remove reverse line feeds, and paginate the output.

SEE ALSO
       pr(1)

BUGS
       Col  can't  back up more than 128 lines or handle more than 800 charac‐
       ters per line, and understands (013) as reverse line feed.

									COL(1)
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                            | |       | |       | |     
                         __ | | __ __ | | __ __ | | __  
                         \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ /  
                          \ \ / /   \ \ / /   \ \ / /   
                           \   /     \   /     \   /    
                            \_/       \_/       \_/ 
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