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 NAME     
 SYNOPSIS     
 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 characters. Col
    normally converts white space to tabs; option −x overrides this
    feature. Other escaped characters and non-printing characters
    are ignored. 
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 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. 
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 SOURCE     
 SEE ALSO    
 BUGS     
 |  |  |  | Col can’t back up more than 128 lines or handle more than 800
    characters per line, and understands VT (013) as reverse line
    feed. 
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