Rdb: Ruby-Nachbau der MWC /rdb-Werkzeuge

man/headoff.man

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+.TH headoff "" "" "/rdb Command"
+.PC "Remove an /rdb head from both table and list files"
+\fBheadoff < \fItableorlist\fR
+.PP
+.II table^behead
+.II "behead table"
+.II "remove header"
+.II "head line^remove"
+.II "dash line^remove"
+The command
+.B headoff
+``beheads''
+.IR tableorlist ;
+that is, it strips off its header.
+Tables have two-line column heads; list files have only
+one line that consists of a single newline character.
+The COHERENT command
+.B "tail +3"
+does the same thing for a table; and
+.B "tail +2"
+for a list.
+.PP
+The command
+.B union
+uses
+.B headoff
+to assemble files.
+Only the first file keeps its head.
+.SH Example
+To behead the table
+.BR inventory ,
+type:
+.DM
+	headoff < inventory
+.DE
+.PP
+This writes something like the following on the standard output:
+.DM
+    1        3    50      150   rubber gloves
+    2      100     5      500   test tubes
+    3        5    80      400   clamps
+    4       23    19      437   plates
+    5       99    24     2376   cleaning cloth
+    6       89   147    13083   bunsen burners
+    7        5   175      875   scales
+.DE
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+headon,
+insertdash,
+union
+.R
+.br
+COHERENT Lexicon:
+.B
+head,
+tail
+.R