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LAM(1)			  BSD General Commands Manual			LAM(1)

NAME
     lam — laminate files

SYNOPSIS
     lam [-f min.max] [-p min.max] [-s sepstring] [-t c] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     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 let‐
     ter 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
     The command

	   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

SEE ALSO
     join(1), pr(1), printf(3)

BSD			       December 1, 2001				   BSD

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