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3 * paste.c - implementation of the posix paste command
5 * Written by Maxime Coste <mawww@kakoune.org>
7 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
10 //config: bool "paste (5.1 kb)"
13 //config: paste is used to paste lines of different files together
14 //config: and write the result to stdout
16 //applet:IF_PASTE(APPLET_NOEXEC(paste, paste, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, paste))
18 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_PASTE) += paste.o
20 //usage:#define paste_trivial_usage
21 //usage: "[-d LIST] [-s] [FILE]..."
22 //usage:#define paste_full_usage "\n\n"
23 //usage: "Paste lines from each input file, separated with tab\n"
24 //usage: "\n -d LIST Use delimiters from LIST, not tab"
25 //usage: "\n -s Serial: one file at a time"
27 //usage:#define paste_example_usage
28 //usage: "# write out directory in four columns\n"
29 //usage: "$ ls | paste - - - -\n"
30 //usage: "# combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines\n"
31 //usage: "$ paste -s -d '\\t\\n' file\n"
35 static void paste_files(FILE** files
, int file_cnt
, char* delims
, int del_cnt
)
39 int active_files
= file_cnt
;
42 while (active_files
> 0) {
45 for (i
= 0; i
< file_cnt
; ++i
) {
49 line
= xmalloc_fgetline(files
[i
]);
51 fclose_if_not_stdin(files
[i
]);
59 if (i
!= file_cnt
- 1) {
60 delim
= delims
[del_idx
++];
61 if (del_idx
== del_cnt
)
70 static void paste_files_separate(FILE** files
, char* delims
, int del_cnt
)
72 char *line
, *next_line
;
76 for (i
= 0; files
[i
]; ++i
) {
80 while ((next_line
= xmalloc_fgetline(files
[i
])) != NULL
) {
84 delim
= delims
[del_idx
++];
85 if (del_idx
== del_cnt
)
93 /* coreutils adds \n even if this is a final line
94 * of the last file and it was not \n-terminated.
99 fclose_if_not_stdin(files
[i
]);
103 #define PASTE_OPT_DELIMITERS (1 << 0)
104 #define PASTE_OPT_SEPARATE (1 << 1)
106 int paste_main(int argc
, char **argv
) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE
;
107 int paste_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM
, char **argv
)
109 char *delims
= (char*)"\t";
114 opt
= getopt32(argv
, "d:s", &delims
);
117 if (opt
& PASTE_OPT_DELIMITERS
) {
119 bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("-d '' is not supported");
120 /* unknown mappings are not changed: "\z" -> '\\' 'z' */
121 /* trailing backslash, if any, is preserved */
122 del_cnt
= strcpy_and_process_escape_sequences(delims
, delims
) - delims
;
123 /* note: handle NUL properly (do not stop at it!): try -d'\t\0\t' */
127 (--argv
)[0] = (char*) "-";
128 for (i
= 0; argv
[i
]; ++i
) {
129 argv
[i
] = (void*) fopen_or_warn_stdin(argv
[i
]);
134 if (opt
& PASTE_OPT_SEPARATE
)
135 paste_files_separate((FILE**)argv
, delims
, del_cnt
);
137 paste_files((FILE**)argv
, i
, delims
, del_cnt
);
139 fflush_stdout_and_exit(0);