man/man1/rlam.1

.\" RCSid "$Id: rlam.1,v 1.7 2010/06/18 21:22:49 greg Exp $"
.TH RLAM 1 7/8/97 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
rlam - laminate records from multiple files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rlam
[
.B \-tS
][
.B \-u
][
.B \-iaN
|
.B \-ifN
|
.B \-idN
|
.B \-iiN
|
.B \-iwN
|
.B \-ibN
][
.B "\-in M"
]
input1 input2 ..
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rlam
simply joins records (or lines) from multiple inputs, separating them with
the given string (TAB by default).
Different separators may be given for different files by specifying
additional
.I \-t
options in between each file name.
Note that there is no space between this option and its argument.
If none of the input files uses an ASCII separator, then no end-of-line
character will be printed, either.
.PP
An input is either a stream or a command.
Commands are given in quotes, and begin with an exclamantion point ('!').
If the inputs do not have the same number of lines, then
shorter files will stop contributing to the output as they
run out.
.PP
The
.I \-ia
option may be used to specify ASCII input (the default), or the
.I \-if
option may be used to indicated binary IEEE 32-bit floats on input.
Similarly, the
.I \-id
and
.I \-ii
options may be used to indicate binary 64-bit doubles or integer words,
respectively.
The
.I \-iw
option specifies 2-byte short words, and the
.I \-ib
option specifies bytes.
If a number is immediately follows any of these options, then it
indicates that multiple such values are expected for each record.
For example,
.I \-if3
indicates three floats per input record for the next named input.
In the case of the
.I \-ia
option, no number indicates one line per input record, and numbers
greater than zero indicate that many characters exactly per record.
For binary input formts, no number implies one value per record.
For anything other than EOL-separated input, the default tab separator
is reset to the empty string.
.PP
If a
.I \-in
option is given with a positive integer argument, this will be the
maximum number of records that will be read or produced by
.I rlam.
.PP
A hyphen ('-') by itself can be used to indicate the standard
input, and may appear multiple times.
The
.I \-u
option forces output after each record (i.e., one run through inputs).
.SH EXAMPLE
To join files output1 and output2, separated by a comma:
.IP "" .2i
rlam \-t, output1 output2
.PP
To join a file with line numbers (starting at 0) and its reverse:
.IP "" .2i
cnt `wc \-l < lam.c` | rlam \- \-t: lam.c \-t\| '!tail \-r lam.c'
.PP
To join four data files, each having three doubles per record:
.IP "" .2i
rlam \-id3 file1.dbl file2.dbl file3.dbl file4.dbl > combined.dbl
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cnt(1), histo(1), neaten(1), rcalc(1), tabfunc(1), total(1)
Revision:	1.8
Committed:	Thu Mar 24 18:48:28 2016 UTC (8 years, 2 months ago) by greg
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rad5R2, rad5R1
Changes since 1.7:	+9 -1 lines
Log Message:	Added -in options to commands for manual EOF specification
#	User	Rev	Content
1	greg	1.8	.\" RCSid "$Id: rlam.1,v 1.7 2010/06/18 21:22:49 greg Exp $"
2	greg	1.1	.TH RLAM 1 7/8/97 RADIANCE
3			.SH NAME
4	greg	1.3	rlam - laminate records from multiple files
5	greg	1.1	.SH SYNOPSIS
6			.B rlam
7			[
8	greg	1.2	.B \-tS
9	greg	1.3	][
10	greg	1.7	.B \-u
11			][
12	greg	1.3	.B \-iaN
13			\|
14			.B \-ifN
15			\|
16			.B \-idN
17			\|
18	greg	1.6	.B \-iiN
19			\|
20	greg	1.3	.B \-iwN
21	greg	1.6	\|
22			.B \-ibN
23	greg	1.8	][
24			.B "\-in M"
25	greg	1.1	]
26			input1 input2 ..
27			.SH DESCRIPTION
28			.I Rlam
29	greg	1.3	simply joins records (or lines) from multiple inputs, separating them with
30	greg	1.4	the given string (TAB by default).
31	greg	1.2	Different separators may be given for different files by specifying
32			additional
33			.I \-t
34			options in between each file name.
35	greg	1.4	Note that there is no space between this option and its argument.
36	greg	1.3	If none of the input files uses an ASCII separator, then no end-of-line
37			character will be printed, either.
38			.PP
39	greg	1.1	An input is either a stream or a command.
40			Commands are given in quotes, and begin with an exclamantion point ('!').
41			If the inputs do not have the same number of lines, then
42			shorter files will stop contributing to the output as they
43			run out.
44			.PP
45	greg	1.3	The
46			.I \-ia
47			option may be used to specify ASCII input (the default), or the
48			.I \-if
49			option may be used to indicated binary IEEE 32-bit floats on input.
50			Similarly, the
51			.I \-id
52			and
53	greg	1.6	.I \-ii
54	greg	1.3	options may be used to indicate binary 64-bit doubles or integer words,
55			respectively.
56	greg	1.6	The
57			.I \-iw
58			option specifies 2-byte short words, and the
59			.I \-ib
60			option specifies bytes.
61			If a number is immediately follows any of these options, then it
62	greg	1.3	indicates that multiple such values are expected for each record.
63			For example,
64			.I \-if3
65			indicates three floats per input record for the next named input.
66			In the case of the
67			.I \-ia
68			option, no number indicates one line per input record, and numbers
69			greater than zero indicate that many characters exactly per record.
70			For binary input formts, no number implies one value per record.
71	greg	1.4	For anything other than EOL-separated input, the default tab separator
72			is reset to the empty string.
73	greg	1.3	.PP
74	greg	1.8	If a
75			.I \-in
76			option is given with a positive integer argument, this will be the
77			maximum number of records that will be read or produced by
78			.I rlam.
79			.PP
80	greg	1.1	A hyphen ('-') by itself can be used to indicate the standard
81	greg	1.3	input, and may appear multiple times.
82	greg	1.7	The
83			.I \-u
84			option forces output after each record (i.e., one run through inputs).
85	greg	1.1	.SH EXAMPLE
86			To join files output1 and output2, separated by a comma:
87			.IP "" .2i
88	greg	1.5	rlam \-t, output1 output2
89	greg	1.1	.PP
90			To join a file with line numbers (starting at 0) and its reverse:
91			.IP "" .2i
92	greg	1.5	cnt `wc \-l < lam.c` \| rlam \- \-t: lam.c \-t\\| '!tail \-r lam.c'
93	greg	1.3	.PP
94			To join four data files, each having three doubles per record:
95			.IP "" .2i
96	greg	1.5	rlam \-id3 file1.dbl file2.dbl file3.dbl file4.dbl > combined.dbl
97	greg	1.1	.SH AUTHOR
98			Greg Ward
99			.SH "SEE ALSO"
100	greg	1.3	cnt(1), histo(1), neaten(1), rcalc(1), tabfunc(1), total(1)