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lam
— laminate
files
lam |
[-f min.max]
[-p min.max]
[-s sepstring]
[-t c] file
... |
lam
copies the named files side by side
onto the standard output. The n-th input lines from the
input files are considered fragments of the single
long n-th output line into which they are assembled. The
name “-” means the standard input, and may be repeated.
Normally, each option affects only the file after it. If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized. The options are described below.
-f
min.max-p
min.max-f
, but pad this file's field when
end-of-file is reached and other files are still active.-s
sepstring-t
cTo print files simultaneously for easy viewing use pr(1).
Join four files together along each line:
$ lam file1 file2 file3
file4
Merge the lines from four different files:
$ lam file1 -S "\ " file2 file3 file4
Join every two lines of a file:
$ lam - - < file
A form letter with substitutions keyed by ‘@’ can be done with:
$ lam -t @ letter
changes
The lam
utility first appeared in
4.2BSD.
John A. Kunze
July 29, 2018 | OpenBSD-current |