c
col(1) | col(1) |
tbl ®lename nroff
(very similar to the usual man(1) command). This command allows vertical bars and outer boxes to be printed for tables. The ®le is run through the tbl preprocessor, and the output is then piped through nroff, formatting the output using the
SEE ALSO
nroff(1), tbl(1), ul(1), man(5).
NOTES
The input format accepted by col matches the output produced by nroff with either the
BUGS
Cannot back up more than 128 lines. Cannot back up across page boundaries.
There is a maximum limit for the number of characters, including backspaces and overstrikes, on a line. The maximum limit is at least 800 characters.
Local vertical motions that would result in backing up over the ®rst line of the document are ignored. As a result, the ®rst line must not have any superscripts.
WARNINGS
This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards. Applications using this command might not be portable to other vendors' systems.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE col: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3
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