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.th COL I 5/31/77
.sh NAME
col \*- filter reverse line feeds
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd col
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Col
reads the standard input and writes the standard output.
It performs the line overlays implied by reverse line
feeds (\s-2ASCII\s0 code ESC-7).
.it Col
is particularly useful for filtering multicolumn
output made with the `.rt' command of
.it nroff.
.sh "SEE ALSO"
nroff(I)
.sh BUGS
Can't back up more than 102 lines.
.s3
The input file must not have ASCII tab characters;\ 
.it col
does not handle them properly (see
.it reform\^\c
(I)).