1 /* paste - merge lines of files
2 Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Copyright (C) 1984 David M. Ihnat
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Written by David Ihnat. */
20 /* The list of valid escape sequences has been expanded over the Unix
21 version, to include \b, \f, \r, and \v.
23 POSIX changes, bug fixes, long-named options, and cleanup
24 by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
28 -s Paste one file at a time rather than
29 one line from each file.
30 --delimiters=delim-list
31 -d delim-list Consecutively use the characters in
32 DELIM-LIST instead of tab to separate
33 merged lines. When DELIM-LIST is exhausted,
34 start again at its beginning.
35 A FILE of '-' means standard input.
36 If no FILEs are given, standard input is used. */
42 #include <sys/types.h>
48 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
49 #define PROGRAM_NAME "paste"
52 proper_name ("David M. Ihnat"), \
53 proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
55 /* Indicates that no delimiter should be added in the current position. */
56 #define EMPTY_DELIM '\0'
58 /* If nonzero, we have read standard input at some point. */
59 static bool have_read_stdin
;
61 /* If nonzero, merge subsequent lines of each file rather than
62 corresponding lines from each file in parallel. */
63 static bool serial_merge
;
65 /* The delimeters between lines of input files (used cyclically). */
68 /* A pointer to the character after the end of 'delims'. */
69 static char const *delim_end
;
71 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
73 {"serial", no_argument
, NULL
, 's'},
74 {"delimiters", required_argument
, NULL
, 'd'},
75 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
76 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
80 /* Set globals delims and delim_end. Copy STRPTR to DELIMS, converting
81 backslash representations of special characters in STRPTR to their actual
82 values. The set of possible backslash characters has been expanded beyond
83 that recognized by the Unix version.
84 Return 0 upon success.
85 If the string ends in an odd number of backslashes, ignore the
86 final backslash and return nonzero. */
89 collapse_escapes (char const *strptr
)
91 char *strout
= xstrdup (strptr
);
92 bool backslash_at_end
= false;
98 if (*strptr
!= '\\') /* Is it an escape character? */
99 *strout
++ = *strptr
++; /* No, just transfer it. */
105 *strout
++ = EMPTY_DELIM
;
137 backslash_at_end
= true;
151 return backslash_at_end
? 1 : 0;
154 /* Report a write error and exit. */
156 static void write_error (void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
;
160 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
164 /* Output a single byte, reporting any write errors. */
173 /* Perform column paste on the NFILES files named in FNAMPTR.
174 Return true if successful, false if one or more files could not be
178 paste_parallel (size_t nfiles
, char **fnamptr
)
181 /* If all files are just ready to be closed, or will be on this
182 round, the string of delimiters must be preserved.
183 delbuf[0] through delbuf[nfiles]
184 store the delimiters for closed files. */
185 char *delbuf
= xmalloc (nfiles
+ 2);
187 /* Streams open to the files to process; NULL if the corresponding
189 FILE **fileptr
= xnmalloc (nfiles
+ 1, sizeof *fileptr
);
191 /* Number of files still open to process. */
194 /* True if any fopen got fd == STDIN_FILENO. */
195 bool opened_stdin
= false;
197 /* Attempt to open all files. This could be expanded to an infinite
198 number of files, but at the (considerable) expense of remembering
199 each file and its current offset, then opening/reading/closing. */
201 for (files_open
= 0; files_open
< nfiles
; ++files_open
)
203 if (STREQ (fnamptr
[files_open
], "-"))
205 have_read_stdin
= true;
206 fileptr
[files_open
] = stdin
;
210 fileptr
[files_open
] = fopen (fnamptr
[files_open
], "r");
211 if (fileptr
[files_open
] == NULL
)
212 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", fnamptr
[files_open
]);
213 else if (fileno (fileptr
[files_open
]) == STDIN_FILENO
)
215 fadvise (fileptr
[files_open
], FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL
);
219 if (opened_stdin
&& have_read_stdin
)
220 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("standard input is closed"));
222 /* Read a line from each file and output it to stdout separated by a
223 delimiter, until we go through the loop without successfully
224 reading from any of the files. */
228 /* Set up for the next line. */
229 bool somedone
= false;
230 char const *delimptr
= delims
;
231 size_t delims_saved
= 0; /* Number of delims saved in 'delbuf'. */
234 for (i
= 0; i
< nfiles
&& files_open
; i
++)
236 int chr
IF_LINT ( = 0); /* Input character. */
237 int err
IF_LINT ( = 0); /* Input errno value. */
238 size_t line_length
= 0; /* Number of chars in line. */
242 chr
= getc (fileptr
[i
]);
244 if (chr
!= EOF
&& delims_saved
)
246 if (fwrite (delbuf
, 1, delims_saved
, stdout
) != delims_saved
)
257 chr
= getc (fileptr
[i
]);
262 if (line_length
== 0)
264 /* EOF, read error, or closed file.
265 If an EOF or error, close the file. */
268 if (ferror (fileptr
[i
]))
270 error (0, err
, "%s", fnamptr
[i
]);
273 if (fileptr
[i
] == stdin
)
274 clearerr (fileptr
[i
]); /* Also clear EOF. */
275 else if (fclose (fileptr
[i
]) == EOF
)
277 error (0, errno
, "%s", fnamptr
[i
]);
287 /* End of this output line.
288 Is this the end of the whole thing? */
291 /* No. Some files were not closed for this line. */
294 if (fwrite (delbuf
, 1, delims_saved
, stdout
)
301 continue; /* Next read of files, or exit. */
305 /* Closed file; add delimiter to 'delbuf'. */
306 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
307 delbuf
[delims_saved
++] = *delimptr
;
308 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
314 /* Some data read. */
317 /* Except for last file, replace last newline with delim. */
320 if (chr
!= '\n' && chr
!= EOF
)
322 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
323 xputchar (*delimptr
);
324 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
329 /* If the last line of the last file lacks a newline,
330 print one anyhow. POSIX requires this. */
331 char c
= (chr
== EOF
? '\n' : chr
);
342 /* Perform serial paste on the NFILES files named in FNAMPTR.
343 Return true if no errors, false if one or more files could not be
347 paste_serial (size_t nfiles
, char **fnamptr
)
349 bool ok
= true; /* false if open or read errors occur. */
350 int charnew
, charold
; /* Current and previous char read. */
351 char const *delimptr
; /* Current delimiter char. */
352 FILE *fileptr
; /* Open for reading current file. */
354 for (; nfiles
; nfiles
--, fnamptr
++)
357 bool is_stdin
= STREQ (*fnamptr
, "-");
360 have_read_stdin
= true;
365 fileptr
= fopen (*fnamptr
, "r");
368 error (0, errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
372 fadvise (fileptr
, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL
);
375 delimptr
= delims
; /* Set up for delimiter string. */
377 charold
= getc (fileptr
);
381 /* 'charold' is set up. Hit it!
382 Keep reading characters, stashing them in 'charnew';
383 output 'charold', converting to the appropriate delimiter
384 character if needed. After the EOF, output 'charold'
385 if it's a newline; otherwise, output it and then a newline. */
387 while ((charnew
= getc (fileptr
)) != EOF
)
389 /* Process the old character. */
392 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
393 xputchar (*delimptr
);
395 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
405 /* Hit EOF. Process that last character. */
412 if (ferror (fileptr
))
414 error (0, saved_errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
418 clearerr (fileptr
); /* Also clear EOF. */
419 else if (fclose (fileptr
) == EOF
)
421 error (0, errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
431 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
436 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
440 Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from\n\
441 each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.\n\
442 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
446 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
449 -d, --delimiters=LIST reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs\n\
450 -s, --serial paste one file at a time instead of in parallel\n\
452 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
453 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
454 /* FIXME: add a couple of examples. */
455 emit_ancillary_info ();
461 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
465 char const *delim_arg
= "\t";
467 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
468 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
469 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
470 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
471 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
473 atexit (close_stdout
);
475 have_read_stdin
= false;
476 serial_merge
= false;
478 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "d:s", longopts
, NULL
)) != -1)
483 /* Delimiter character(s). */
484 delim_arg
= (optarg
[0] == '\0' ? "\\0" : optarg
);
491 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
493 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
496 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
501 argv
[argc
++] = bad_cast ("-");
503 if (collapse_escapes (delim_arg
))
505 /* Don't use the default quoting style, because that would double the
506 number of displayed backslashes, making the diagnostic look bogus. */
507 set_quoting_style (NULL
, escape_quoting_style
);
508 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
509 _("delimiter list ends with an unescaped backslash: %s"),
510 quotearg_colon (delim_arg
));
514 ok
= paste_parallel (argc
- optind
, &argv
[optind
]);
516 ok
= paste_serial (argc
- optind
, &argv
[optind
]);
520 if (have_read_stdin
&& fclose (stdin
) == EOF
)
521 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "-");
522 exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);