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359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)col.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93
36c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 29, 1993
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt COL 1
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm col
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd filter reverse line feeds from input
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
458fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
46844518ffSMike Heffner.Op Fl bfhpx
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl l Ar num
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
493898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
503898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
513898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin the correct order with only forward and half forward line
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfeeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible.
549b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis can be useful in processing the output of
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr tbl  1 .
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
593898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
603898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
613898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
64a292105aSPhilippe Charnier.Bl -tag -width indent
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl b
669b50d902SRodney W. GrimesDo not output any backspaces, printing only the last character
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswritten to each column position.
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl f
699b50d902SRodney W. GrimesForward half line feeds are permitted (``fine'' mode).
709b50d902SRodney W. GrimesNormally characters printed on a half line boundary are printed
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimeson the following line.
7243d665c0SDima Dorfman.It Fl h
7343d665c0SDima DorfmanDon't output multiple spaces instead of tabs (default).
74844518ffSMike Heffner.It Fl p
75844518ffSMike HeffnerForce unknown control sequences to be passed through unchanged.
76844518ffSMike HeffnerNormally,
77844518ffSMike Heffner.Nm
78844518ffSMike Heffnerwill filter out any control sequences from the input other than those
79844518ffSMike Heffnerrecognized and interpreted by itself, which are listed below.
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl x
819b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOutput multiple spaces instead of tabs.
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl l Ar num
839b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBuffer at least
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar num
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslines in memory.
869b50d902SRodney W. GrimesBy default, 128 lines are buffered.
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
899b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe control sequences for carriage motion that
90a292105aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimesunderstands and their decimal values are listed in the following
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimestable:
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width "carriage return" -compact
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It ESC\-7
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreverse line feed (escape then 7)
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It ESC\-8
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimeshalf reverse line feed (escape then 8)
999b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It ESC\-9
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimeshalf forward line feed (escape then 9)
1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It backspace
1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmoves back one column (8); ignored in the first column
1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It carriage return
1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(13)
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It newline
1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimesforward line feed (10); also does carriage return
1079b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It shift in
1089b50d902SRodney W. Grimesshift to normal character set (15)
1099b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It shift out
1109b50d902SRodney W. Grimesshift to alternate character set (14)
1119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It space
1129b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmoves forward one column (32)
1139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It tab
1149b50d902SRodney W. Grimesmoves forward to next tab stop (9)
1159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It vertical tab
1169b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreverse line feed (11)
1179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
1189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
1199b50d902SRodney W. GrimesAll unrecognized control characters and escape sequences are
1209b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdiscarded.
1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
1223898680cSPhilippe CharnierThe
1233898680cSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1243898680cSPhilippe Charnierutility keeps track of the character set as characters are read and makes
1259b50d902SRodney W. Grimessure the character set is correct when they are output.
1269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
1279b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the input attempts to back up to the last flushed line,
128a292105aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1299b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswill display a warning message.
1309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
1319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr expand 1 ,
1329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1 ,
1339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr tbl 1
134debb1842STim J. Robbins.Sh STANDARDS
135debb1842STim J. RobbinsThe
136debb1842STim J. Robbins.Nm
137debb1842STim J. Robbinsutility conforms to
138debb1842STim J. Robbins.St -susv2 .
1399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
1409b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
141a292105aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
1429b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand
1430f778506SMike Pritchardappeared in
1440f778506SMike Pritchard.At v6 .
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