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1.1     ! root        1: .th MERGE I 11/7/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: merge \*- merge several files
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd merge
        !             6: [
        !             7: .bd \*-anr
        !             8: ] [ \fB\*-\fIn\fR ] [ \fB+\fIn\fR ] [ name ... ]
        !             9: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .it Merge
        !            11: merges several files together
        !            12: and writes the result on
        !            13: the standard output.
        !            14: If a file
        !            15: is designated by
        !            16: an unadorned `\*-',
        !            17: the standard input is understood.
        !            18: .s3
        !            19: The merge is line-by-line in increasing ASCII collating sequence,
        !            20: except that upper-case letters are considered
        !            21: the same as the corresponding lower-case letters.
        !            22: .s3
        !            23: .it Merge
        !            24: understands several flag arguments.
        !            25: .s3
        !            26: .lp +4 4
        !            27: \fB\*-a\fR     Use strict ASCII collating sequence.
        !            28: .s3
        !            29: .lp +4 4
        !            30: \fB\*-n\fR     An initial numeric string, possibly preceded by '\*-',
        !            31: is sorted by numerical value.
        !            32: .s3
        !            33: .lp +4 4
        !            34: \fB\*-r\fR     Data is in reverse order.
        !            35: .s3
        !            36: .lp +4 4
        !            37: \fB\*-\fIn\fR  The first \fIn\fR fields in each line
        !            38: are ignored.  A field is defined as a string of non-space, non-tab
        !            39: characters separated by tabs and spaces from its neighbors.
        !            40: .s3
        !            41: .lp +4 4
        !            42: \fB+\fIn\fR    The first \fIn\fR characters are ignored.
        !            43: Fields (with \fB\*-\fIn\fR)
        !            44: are skipped before characters.
        !            45: .i0
        !            46: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            47: sort(I)
        !            48: .sh BUGS
        !            49: Only 8 files can be handled;
        !            50: any further files are ignored.

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