128 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
128 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)lam.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\"
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.TH LAM 1 "June 6, 1993"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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lam \- laminate files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B lam [ \-[fp]
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min.max
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.B ] [ \-s
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sepstring
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.B ] [ \-t
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c
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.B ]
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file ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Lam
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copies the named files side by side onto the standard output.
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The
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.IR n -th
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input lines from the input
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.IR file s
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are considered fragments of the single long
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.IR n -th
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output line into which they are assembled.
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The name `\fB\-\fP' means the standard input, and may be repeated.
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.PP
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Normally, each option affects only the
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.I file
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after it.
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If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files
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until it appears again uncapitalized.
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The options are described below.
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.IP \fB\-f\fP\ min.max
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Print line fragments according to the format string
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.IR min.max ,
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where
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.I min
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is the minimum field width and
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.I max
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the maximum field width.
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If
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.I min
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begins with a zero, zeros will be added to make up the field width,
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and if it begins with a `\-', the fragment will be left-adjusted
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within the field.
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.IP \fB\-p\fP\ min.max
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Like \fB\-f\fP,
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but pad this file's field when end-of-file is reached
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and other files are still active.
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.IP \fB\-s\fP\ sepstring
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Print
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.I sepstring
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before printing line fragments from the next file.
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This option may appear after the last file.
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.IP \fB\-t\fP\ c
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The input line terminator is
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.I c
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instead of a newline.
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The newline normally appended to each output line is omitted.
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.PP
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To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use
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.IR pr (1).
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.de IC
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.IP
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.ss 36
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.ft B
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..
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.de NC
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.br
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.ss 12
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.PP
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..
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.PP
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The command
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.IC
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lam file1 file2 file3 file4
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.NC
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joins 4 files together along each line.
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To merge the lines from four different files use
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.IC
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lam file1 \-S "\\
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.br
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" file2 file3 file4
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.NC
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Every 2 lines of a file may be joined on one line with
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.IC
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lam \- \- < file
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.NC
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and a form letter with substitutions keyed by `@' can be done with
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.IC
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lam \-t @ letter changes
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.NC
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.SH SEE ALSO
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join(1), pr(1), printf(3)
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