col1

col1(1)                              byobu                             col1(1)

NAME
       col1  ..  col9,  NF  - awk and print a column (based on the name of the
       program, 1-9)

SYNOPSIS
       col1 [SEPARATOR]

DESCRIPTION
       col1 is a simple script that conveniently splits  and  prints  a  given
       column,  where  the  column  to print is the name of the script program
       you're running (col1-col9).  col2-col9 are symlinks to col1; their  be-
       havior simply changes based on the name called.

       NF can be used to print the last field.

       The  program  takes  one  optional  argument, the input field separator
       (whitespace, by default).

EXAMPLES
       Rather than:
        mount | awk '{print $3}'

       Try:
        mount | col3

       Instead of:
        cat /etc/passwd | awk -F":" '{print $7}'

       You can just do:
        cat /etc/passwd | col7 :

       Or
        cat /etc/passwd | NF :

SEE ALSO
       awk(1)

AUTHOR
       This manpage and the utility was  written  by  Dustin  Kirkland  <kirk-
       land@ubuntu.com>  for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Per-
       mission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document  un-
       der the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by
       the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
       can  be  found  in  /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL,  or  on  the web at
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.

byobu                             27 Sep 2010                          col1(1)