Annotation of src/usr.bin/lam/lam.1, Revision 1.9
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1.9 ! schwarze 33: .Dd $Mdocdate: August 16 2009 $
1.4 millert 34: .Dt LAM 1
35: .Os
36: .Sh NAME
37: .Nm lam
38: .Nd laminate files
39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
40: .Nm
41: .Op Fl f Ar min.max
42: .Op Fl p Ar min.max
43: .Op Fl s Ar sepstring
44: .Op Fl t Ar c
1.8 sobrado 45: .Ar
1.4 millert 46: .Sh DESCRIPTION
47: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 48: copies the named files side by side onto the standard output.
49: The
1.4 millert 50: .Em n Ns -th
1.1 deraadt 51: input lines from the input
1.4 millert 52: .Ar files
1.1 deraadt 53: are considered fragments of the single long
1.4 millert 54: .Em n Ns -th
1.1 deraadt 55: output line into which they are assembled.
1.4 millert 56: The name
57: .Dq \&-
58: means the standard input, and may be repeated.
59: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 60: Normally, each option affects only the
1.4 millert 61: .Ar file
1.1 deraadt 62: after it.
63: If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files
64: until it appears again uncapitalized.
65: The options are described below.
1.4 millert 66: .Bl -tag -width "-s sepstring"
67: .It Fl f Ar min.max
1.1 deraadt 68: Print line fragments according to the format string
1.4 millert 69: .Ar min.max ,
1.1 deraadt 70: where
1.4 millert 71: .Ar min
1.1 deraadt 72: is the minimum field width and
1.4 millert 73: .Ar max
1.1 deraadt 74: the maximum field width.
75: If
1.4 millert 76: .Ar min
1.1 deraadt 77: begins with a zero, zeros will be added to make up the field width,
1.4 millert 78: and if it begins with a
79: .Sq \&- ,
80: the fragment will be left-adjusted
1.1 deraadt 81: within the field.
1.4 millert 82: .It Fl p Ar min.max
83: Like
84: .Fl f ,
1.1 deraadt 85: but pad this file's field when end-of-file is reached
86: and other files are still active.
1.4 millert 87: .It Fl s Ar sepstring
1.1 deraadt 88: Print
1.4 millert 89: .Ar sepstring
1.1 deraadt 90: before printing line fragments from the next file.
91: This option may appear after the last file.
1.4 millert 92: .It Fl t Ar c
1.1 deraadt 93: The input line terminator is
1.4 millert 94: .Ar c
1.1 deraadt 95: instead of a newline.
96: The newline normally appended to each output line is omitted.
1.4 millert 97: .El
98: .Pp
1.1 deraadt 99: To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use
1.4 millert 100: .Xr pr 1 .
101: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.6 jmc 102: Join four files together along each line:
103: .Pp
1.4 millert 104: .Dl $ lam file1 file2 file3 file4
105: .Pp
1.6 jmc 106: Merge the lines from four different files:
1.4 millert 107: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.6 jmc 108: $ lam file1 \-S "\e
1.1 deraadt 109: " file2 file3 file4
1.4 millert 110: .Ed
111: .Pp
1.6 jmc 112: Join every two lines of a file:
113: .Pp
1.4 millert 114: .Dl $ lam \- \- \*(Lt file
115: .Pp
1.6 jmc 116: A form letter with substitutions keyed by
1.4 millert 117: .Sq \&@
1.6 jmc 118: can be done with:
119: .Pp
1.4 millert 120: .Dl $ lam \-t @ letter changes
121: .Sh SEE ALSO
122: .Xr join 1 ,
123: .Xr pr 1 ,
124: .Xr printf 1
1.9 ! schwarze 125: .Sh HISTORY
! 126: The
! 127: .Nm
! 128: utility first appeared in
! 129: .Bx 4.2 .
! 130: .Sh AUTHORS
! 131: .An John A. Kunze
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