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.Dd April 7, 2015 .Dt LAM 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm lam .Nd laminate files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar min . Ns Ar max .Op Fl s Ar sepstring .Op Fl t Ar c .Ar .Nm .Op Fl p Ar min . Ns Ar max .Op Fl s Ar sepstring .Op Fl t Ar c .Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility copies the named files side by side onto the standard output. The .Em n-th input lines from the input .Ar files are considered fragments of the single long .Em n-th output line into which they are assembled. The name `-' means the standard input, and may be repeated.
p l -tag -width indent t Fl f Ar min . Ns Ar max , Fl F Ar min . Ns Ar max Print line fragments according to the format string .Ar min . Ns Ar 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 `-', the fragment will be left-adjusted within the field. Using .Fl f applies only to the next file while .Fl F applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized. t Fl p Ar min . Ns Ar max , Fl P Ar min . Ns Ar max Like .Fl f , but pad this file's field when end-of-file is reached and other files are still active. Using .Fl p applies only to the next file while .Fl P applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized. t Fl s Ar sepstring , Fl S Ar sepstring Print .Ar sepstring before printing line fragments from the next file. This option may appear after the last file. Using .Fl s applies only to the next file while .Fl S applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized. t Fl t Ar c , 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. Using .Fl t applies only to the next file while .Fl T applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized. .El
p To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use .Xr pr 1 . .Sh EXAMPLES The command d -literal lam file1 file2 file3 file4 .Ed
p joins 4 files together along each line. To merge the lines from four different files use d -literal lam file1 -S "\\ " file2 file3 file4 .Ed
p Every 2 lines of a file may be joined on one line with d -literal lam - - < file .Ed
p and a form letter with substitutions keyed by `@' can be done with d -literal lam -t @ letter changes .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr join 1 , .Xr paste 1 , .Xr pr 1 , .Xr printf 3 .Sh STANDARDS Some of the functionality of .Nm is standardized as the .Xr paste 1 utility by .St -p1003.2 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in x 4.2 . .Sh AUTHORS .An John A. Kunze .Sh BUGS The .Nm utility does not recognize multibyte characters.