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diff --git a/pkg/lists/doc/columns.hlp b/pkg/lists/doc/columns.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a4f304fa --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/lists/doc/columns.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.help columns Nov88 lists +.ih +NAME +columns -- break a multicolumn list into multiple single column lists +.ih +USAGE +columns filename numcols +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls filename +Name of the input table file. +.le +.ls numcols +The number of columns in the input file. +.le +.ls outroot = "col." +Root name of the output column files. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +Task \fIcolumns\fR is used to reformat a multicolumn list file into separate +files, such that one output file is created for each column in the input +file. It is used to break multicolumn tables into simple CL lists. +Comment lines beginning with the character "#" are ignored. All data +is transferred as text. One file \fBoutroot\fRn is produced for each +column in the input table. +.ih +EXAMPLES +Make 3 files named datacol.1, datacol.2 and datacol.3 from the 3 column +table dtable: +.nf + + cl> columns dtable 3 outroot=datacol. +.fi +.ih +SEE ALSO +fields +.endhelp |