Index: head/usr.bin/col/col.1 =================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/col/col.1 +++ head/usr.bin/col/col.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)col.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 10, 2015 +.Dd October 21, 2020 .Dt COL 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ utility filters out reverse (and half reverse) line feeds so that the output is in the correct order with only forward and half forward line feeds, and replaces white-space characters with tabs where possible. -This can be useful in processing the output of -.Xr nroff 1 -and -.Xr tbl 1 . .Pp The .Nm @@ -149,11 +145,19 @@ .Xr environ 7 . .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +We can use +.Nm +to filter the output of +.Xr man 1 +and remove the backspace characters ( +.Em ^H +) before searching for some text: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +man ls | col -b | grep HISTORY +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr colcrt 1 , -.Xr expand 1 , -.Xr nroff 1 , -.Xr tbl 1 +.Xr expand 1 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm