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Index: usr.bin/col/col.1
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--- usr.bin/col/col.1
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@@ -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

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