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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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