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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 | |
34 | Use | |
35 | .I format | |
36 | as the | |
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). |