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.TH ABUT 1 "March 5, 1985" "UNIX|STAT 5.0" "UNIX User's Manual"
.SH NAME
abut \- formatted printing of corresponding lines from files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B abut
[-f format] [-nc] [-] file1 file2 ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Abut
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
.I -c
option).
.I Abut
reads from its file arguments in the order they appear in the call to
.I abut
and prints to the standard output.
As a special case, the file names "-" is used as the standard input
(please don't use more than one on the same command line!).
Any white space at the end of lines is removed,
but at least one space between fields from different files
is guaranteed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -n
All output lines are
.I numbered
beginning with 1.
.TP
.B -c
.I Cycle
through lines of short files until longest is exhausted.
.I Abut
will continue printing until all files have been exhausted once.
Files with fewer lines than the longest will be rewound and printed again.
.TP
.B -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.
.SH SEE\ ALSO
unixstat(1), colex(1), dm(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Gary Perlman (based on a program of Jay McClelland's)
.SH KEYWORDS
column data manipulation