LAM(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual LAM(1)NAMElam - laminate files
SYNOPSISlam [-f min.max] [-p min.max] [-s sepstring] [-t c] file ...
DESCRIPTIONlam 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 Print line fragments according to the format string
min.max, where min is the minimum field width and max the
maximum field width. If 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.
-p min.max Like -f, but pad this file's field when end-of-file is
reached and other files are still active.
-s sepstring Print sepstring before printing line fragments from the
next file. This option may appear after the last file.
-t c The input line terminator is c instead of a newline. The
newline normally appended to each output line is omitted.
To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use pr(1).
EXAMPLES
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
SEE ALSOjoin(1), pr(1), printf(1)OpenBSD 4.9 August 16, 2009 OpenBSD 4.9
