| 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). |