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ABUT(1) |STAT November 2, 1985
NAME
abut - formatted printing of corresponding lines from files
SYNOPSIS
abut [-cn] [-f format] [-] file1 file2 ...
DESCRIPTION
_a_b_u_t makes a list of files with N lines into one file with N lines by
printing all the first lines of those files on one line, then the
second lines, and so on, until all the lines from the longest file
have been printed (but see the -_c option). _a_b_u_t reads from its file
arguments in the order they appear in the call to _a_b_u_t and prints to
the standard output. As a special case, the file name "-" is used as
the standard input. Any white space at the end of lines is removed,
but at least one space between fields from different files is
guaranteed.
OPTIONS
-c Cycle through lines of short files until longest is exhausted.
_a_b_u_t Continue printing until all files have been exhausted once.
Files with fewer lines than the longest will be rewound and
printed again. The standard input cannot be recycled.
-f format
Print fields in the specified format. Positive integers specify
the field width. Negative integers imply a left-justified field.
The default printing format is to put a tab between corresponding
lines of separate files.
-n All output lines are _n_u_m_b_e_r_e_d beginning with 1.
EXAMPLE
_a_b_u_t is often used to create input files to _a_n_o_v_a.
File1 File2 Data abut -nc File1 File2 Data
large easy 12 1 large easy 12
small easy 23 2 small easy 23
hard 34 3 large hard 34
hard 45 4 small hard 45
76 5 large easy 76
62 6 small easy 62
99 7 large hard 99
14 8 small hard 14
LIMITS
Use the -L option to determine the program limits.
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