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Re: man page portability concern
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: man page portability concern |
Date: |
21 Jul 2003 19:36:06 -0700 |
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address@hidden (Bob Proulx) writes:
> But wouldn't someone need 'col -b'? I have always used it that way
> and now can't say if it is require or not.
>
> : -b Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character
> : written to each column position.
>
> Otherwise the description does not say it cleans up backspaces as you
> describe.
col -b is needed to clean up some other backspaces, e.g. the backspaces
used to implement boldface by repeated overprinting. But it isn't
needed for \(co.