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1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
| 2 | .TH stamp 1 "11 August 2006" "Straylight/Edgeware" | |
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | stamp \- copy files, prefixing each line with a datestamp | |
| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6 | .B stamp | |
| 7 | .RB [ \-z ] | |
| 8 | .RB [ \-f | |
| 9 | .IR format ] | |
| 10 | .RI [ file ...] | |
| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 12 | Copies files, like | |
| 13 | .BR cat (1), | |
| 14 | except that it prefixes each line with a datestamp indicating when the | |
| 15 | line was recieved. The datestamp is formatted using | |
| 16 | .BR strftime (3), | |
| 17 | and can use any formatting codes permitted by that function. | |
| 18 | .PP | |
| 19 | Options available: | |
| 20 | .TP | |
| 21 | .B \-h, \-\-help | |
| 22 | Show a help message for | |
| 23 | .BR stamp . | |
| 24 | .TP | |
| 25 | .B \-v, \-\-version | |
| 26 | Show version number for | |
| 27 | .BR stamp . | |
| 28 | .TP | |
| 29 | .B \-u, \-\-usage | |
| 30 | Show usage message for | |
| 31 | .BR stamp . | |
| 32 | .TP | |
| 33 | .BI "\-f, \-\-format=" format | |
| 841e5aca | 34 | Use |
| 223bbefb | 35 | .I format |
| 841e5aca | 36 | as the |
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37 | .BR strftime (3) |
| 38 | format string for the datestamps. Note that if the datestamp is meant | |
| 39 | to be separated from the rest of the line by anything, then that | |
| 40 | separator should be part of the format string. | |
| 41 | .TP | |
| 42 | .B \-z, \-\-utc, \-\-zulu | |
| 43 | Use UTC (Zulu time) instead of local time for datestamps. | |
| 44 | .SH BUGS | |
| 45 | While | |
| 46 | .B stamp | |
| 47 | ensures that its input is line-buffered only, it's possible that | |
| 48 | whatever is providing that input delays it arbitrarily due to its own | |
| 49 | buffering. There's not much to be done about this. | |
| 50 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 51 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk> | |
| 52 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 53 | .BR cat (1), | |
| 54 | .BR strftime (3). |