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The lam(1) man page is unclear about the uppercase versions of the flags

PR:		229571
Submitted by:	Tim Chase <freebsd@tim.thechases.com>
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Allan Jude 2019-01-04 02:48:43 +00:00
parent 5881181d8c
commit 07372194c3
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=342754

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@ -58,14 +58,8 @@ are considered fragments of the single long
output line into which they are assembled.
The name `\fB\-\fP' means the standard input, and may be repeated.
.Pp
Normally, each option affects only the
.Ar file
after it.
If the option letter is capitalized it affects all subsequent files
until it appears again uncapitalized.
The options are described below:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl f Ar min . Ns Ar max
.It 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
@ -78,21 +72,41 @@ If
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.
.It Fl p Ar min . Ns Ar max
Using
.Fl f
applies only to the next file while
.Fl F
applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized.
.It 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.
.It Fl s Ar sepstring
Using
.Fl p
applies only to the next file while
.Fl P
applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized.
.It 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.
.It Fl t Ar c
Using
.Fl s
applies only to the next file while
.Fl S
applies to all subsequent files until it appears again uncapitalized.
.It 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
.Pp
To print files simultaneously for easy viewing use