LAM(1) | General Commands Manual | LAM(1) |
lam
—
lam |
[-f
min.max]
[-s sepstring]
[-t c] file
... |
lam |
[-p
min.max]
[-s sepstring]
[-t c] file
... |
lam
utility 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).
lam file1 file2 file3 file4
joins 4 files together along each line. To merge the lines from four different files use
lam file1 -S "\ " file2 file3 file4
Every 2 lines of a file may be joined on one line with
lam - - < file
and a form letter with substitutions keyed by `@' can be done with
lam -t @ letter changes
lam
is standardized as the
paste(1) utility by IEEE Std 1003.2
(“POSIX.2”).
lam
utility does not recognize multibyte characters.
August 12, 2004 | Darwin |