2 .TH stamp 1 "11 August 2006" "Straylight/Edgeware"
4 stamp \- copy files, prefixing each line with a datestamp
14 except that it prefixes each line with a datestamp indicating when the
15 line was recieved. The datestamp is formatted using
17 and can use any formatting codes permitted by that function.
22 Show a help message for
26 Show version number for
30 Show usage message for
33 .BI "\-f, \-\-format=" format
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.
42 .B \-z, \-\-utc, \-\-zulu
43 Use UTC (Zulu time) instead of local time for datestamps.
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.
51 Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>