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diff --git a/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 b/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..660e5dc --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/lam/lam.1 @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +.\" 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. 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 +.\" +.TH LAM 1 "June 6, 1993" +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +lam \- laminate files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B lam [ \-[fp] +min.max +.B ] [ \-s +sepstring +.B ] [ \-t +c +.B ] +file ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Lam +copies the named files side by side onto the standard output. +The +.IR n -th +input lines from the input +.IR file s +are considered fragments of the single long +.IR n -th +output line into which they are assembled. +The name `\fB\-\fP' means the standard input, and may be repeated. +.PP +Normally, each option affects only the +.I file +after it. +If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files +until it appears again uncapitalized. +The options are described below. +.IP \fB\-f\fP\ min.max +Print line fragments according to the format string +.IR min.max , +where +.I min +is the minimum field width and +.I max +the maximum field width. +If +.I min +begins with a zero, zeros will be added to make up the field width, +and if it begins with a `\-', the fragment will be left-adjusted +within the field. +.IP \fB\-p\fP\ min.max +Like \fB\-f\fP, +but pad this file's field when end-of-file is reached +and other files are still active. +.IP \fB\-s\fP\ sepstring +Print +.I sepstring +before printing line fragments from the next file. +This option may appear after the last file. +.IP \fB\-t\fP\ c +The input line terminator is +.I c +instead of a newline. +The newline normally appended to each output line is omitted. +.PP +To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use +.IR pr (1). +.SH EXAMPLES +.de IC +.IP +.ss 36 +.ft B +.. +.de NC +.br +.ss 12 +.PP +.. +.PP +The command +.IC +lam file1 file2 file3 file4 +.NC +joins 4 files together along each line. +To merge the lines from four different files use +.IC +lam file1 \-S "\\ +.br +" file2 file3 file4 +.NC +Every 2 lines of a file may be joined on one line with +.IC +lam \- \- < file +.NC +and a form letter with substitutions keyed by `@' can be done with +.IC +lam \-t @ letter changes +.NC +.SH SEE ALSO +join(1), pr(1), printf(3) |