[services] / merge-services.1

.TH merge-services 1 "29 April 2005"
.SH NAME
merge-services \- merge entries from several /etc/services files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B merge-services
.I file
\&...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B merge-services
command reads the services files given on the command line and writes a
merged file to its standard output.
.PP
A services entry consists of five parts: a
.IR name ,
a
.IR "port number" ,
a
.IR protocol ,
a list of
.IR aliases ,
and a
.IR comment .
The merging process discards all comments.  Two entries match if their
names, ports and protocols are all equal: in this case, the output
contains a single entry listing the union of both sets of aliases.  In
all other cases, entries are left alone.
.SH BUGS
It's very stupid.
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>
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5d827ad6	1	.TH merge-services 1 "29 April 2005"
	2	.SH NAME
	3	merge-services \- merge entries from several /etc/services files
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B merge-services
	6	.I file
	7	\&...
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	The
	10	.B merge-services
	11	command reads the services files given on the command line and writes a
	12	merged file to its standard output.
	13	.PP
	14	A services entry consists of five parts: a
	15	.IR name ,
	16	a
	17	.IR "port number" ,
	18	a
	19	.IR protocol ,
	20	a list of
	21	.IR aliases ,
	22	and a
	23	.IR comment .
	24	The merging process discards all comments. Two entries match if their
	25	names, ports and protocols are all equal: in this case, the output
	26	contains a single entry listing the union of both sets of aliases. In
	27	all other cases, entries are left alone.
	28	.SH BUGS
	29	It's very stupid.
	30	.SH AUTHOR
	31	Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>