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diff --git a/src/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 b/src/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80a7846 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: lam.1,v 1.8 2009/08/16 09:41:08 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: lam.1,v 1.4 2002/02/08 01:36:25 ross Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)lam.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 16 2009 $ +.Dt LAM 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm lam +.Nd laminate files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl f Ar min.max +.Op Fl p Ar min.max +.Op Fl s Ar sepstring +.Op Fl t Ar c +.Ar +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +copies the named files side by side onto the standard output. +The +.Em n Ns -th +input lines from the input +.Ar files +are considered fragments of the single long +.Em n Ns -th +output line into which they are assembled. +The name +.Dq \&- +means the standard input, and may be repeated. +.Pp +Normally, each option affects only the +.Ar file +after it. +If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files +until it appears again uncapitalized. +The options are described below. +.Bl -tag -width "-s sepstring" +.It Fl f Ar min.max +Print line fragments according to the format string +.Ar min.max , +where +.Ar min +is the minimum field width and +.Ar max +the maximum field width. +If +.Ar min +begins with a zero, zeros will be added to make up the field width, +and if it begins with a +.Sq \&- , +the fragment will be left-adjusted +within the field. +.It Fl p Ar min.max +Like +.Fl f , +but pad this file's field when end-of-file is reached +and other files are still active. +.It Fl s Ar sepstring +Print +.Ar sepstring +before printing line fragments from the next file. +This option may appear after the last file. +.It Fl t Ar c +The input line terminator is +.Ar c +instead of a newline. +The newline normally appended to each output line is omitted. +.El +.Pp +To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use +.Xr pr 1 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +Join four files together along each line: +.Pp +.Dl $ lam file1 file2 file3 file4 +.Pp +Merge the lines from four different files: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ lam file1 \-S "\e +" file2 file3 file4 +.Ed +.Pp +Join every two lines of a file: +.Pp +.Dl $ lam \- \- \*(Lt file +.Pp +A form letter with substitutions keyed by +.Sq \&@ +can be done with: +.Pp +.Dl $ lam \-t @ letter changes +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr join 1 , +.Xr pr 1 , +.Xr printf 1 |