1 /* paste - merge lines of files
2 Copyright (C) 1984 by David M. Ihnat
4 This program is a total rewrite of the Bell Laboratories Unix(Tm)
5 command of the same name, as of System V. It contains no proprietary
6 code, and therefore may be used without violation of any proprietary
7 agreements whatsoever. However, you will notice that the program is
8 copyrighted by me. This is to assure the program does *not* fall
9 into the public domain. Thus, I may specify just what I am now:
10 This program may be freely copied and distributed, provided this notice
11 remains; it may not be sold for profit without express written consent of
13 Please note that I recreated the behavior of the Unix(Tm) 'paste' command
14 as faithfully as possible, with minor exceptions; however,
15 I haven't run a full set of regression tests. Thus, the user of
16 this program accepts full responsibility for any effects or loss;
17 in particular, the author is not responsible for any losses,
18 explicit or incidental, that may be incurred through use of this program.
20 I ask that any bugs (and, if possible, fixes) be reported to me when
21 possible. -David Ihnat (312) 784-4544 ignatz@homebru.chi.il.us
23 The list of valid escape sequences has been expanded over the Unix
24 version, to include \b, \f, \r, and \v.
26 POSIX changes, bug fixes, long-named options, and cleanup
27 by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
31 -s Paste one file at a time rather than
32 one line from each file.
33 --delimiters=delim-list
34 -d delim-list Consecutively use the characters in
35 DELIM-LIST instead of tab to separate
36 merged lines. When DELIM-LIST is exhausted,
37 start again at its beginning.
38 A FILE of `-' means standard input.
39 If no FILEs are given, standard input is used. */
45 #include <sys/types.h>
52 /* Indicates that no delimiter should be added in the current position. */
53 #define EMPTY_DELIM '\0'
55 static FILE dummy_closed
;
56 /* Element marking a file that has reached EOF and been closed. */
57 #define CLOSED (&dummy_closed)
59 static FILE dummy_endlist
;
60 /* Element marking end of list of open files. */
61 #define ENDLIST (&dummy_endlist)
63 /* Name this program was run with. */
66 /* If nonzero, we have read standard input at some point. */
67 static int have_read_stdin
;
69 /* If nonzero, merge subsequent lines of each file rather than
70 corresponding lines from each file in parallel. */
71 static int serial_merge
;
73 /* The delimeters between lines of input files (used cyclically). */
76 /* A pointer to the character after the end of `delims'. */
77 static char *delim_end
;
79 /* If nonzero, display usage information and exit. */
82 /* If nonzero, print the version on standard output then exit. */
83 static int show_version
;
85 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
87 {"serial", no_argument
, 0, 's'},
88 {"delimiters", required_argument
, 0, 'd'},
89 {"help", no_argument
, &show_help
, 1},
90 {"version", no_argument
, &show_version
, 1},
94 /* Replace backslash representations of special characters in
95 STRPTR with their actual values.
96 The set of possible backslash characters has been expanded beyond
97 that recognized by the Unix version.
99 Return a pointer to the character after the new end of STRPTR. */
102 collapse_escapes (char *strptr
)
104 register char *strout
;
106 strout
= strptr
; /* Start at the same place, anyway. */
110 if (*strptr
!= '\\') /* Is it an escape character? */
111 *strout
++ = *strptr
++; /* No, just transfer it. */
117 *strout
++ = EMPTY_DELIM
;
154 /* Perform column paste on the NFILES files named in FNAMPTR.
155 Return 0 if no errors, 1 if one or more files could not be
159 paste_parallel (int nfiles
, char **fnamptr
)
161 int errors
= 0; /* 1 if open or read errors occur. */
162 /* Number of files for which space is allocated in `delbuf' and `fileptr'.
163 Enlarged as necessary. */
164 int file_list_size
= 12;
165 int chr
; /* Input character. */
166 int line_length
; /* Number of chars in line. */
167 int somedone
; /* 0 if all files empty for this line. */
168 /* If all files are just ready to be closed, or will be on this
169 round, the string of delimiters must be preserved.
170 delbuf[0] through delbuf[file_list_size]
171 store the delimiters for closed files. */
173 int delims_saved
; /* Number of delims saved in `delbuf'. */
174 register char *delimptr
; /* Cycling pointer into `delims'. */
175 FILE **fileptr
; /* Streams open to the files to process. */
176 int files_open
; /* Number of files still open to process. */
177 int i
; /* Loop index. */
178 int opened_stdin
= 0; /* Nonzero if any fopen got fd 0. */
180 #ifdef lint /* Suppress `used before initialized' warning. */
184 delbuf
= (char *) xmalloc (file_list_size
+ 2);
185 fileptr
= (FILE **) xmalloc ((file_list_size
+ 1) * sizeof (FILE *));
187 /* Attempt to open all files. This could be expanded to an infinite
188 number of files, but at the (considerable) expense of remembering
189 each file and its current offset, then opening/reading/closing. */
191 for (files_open
= 0; files_open
< nfiles
; ++files_open
)
193 if (files_open
== file_list_size
- 2)
195 file_list_size
+= 12;
196 delbuf
= (char *) xrealloc (delbuf
, file_list_size
+ 2);
197 fileptr
= (FILE **) xrealloc (fileptr
, (file_list_size
+ 1)
200 if (!strcmp (fnamptr
[files_open
], "-"))
203 fileptr
[files_open
] = stdin
;
207 fileptr
[files_open
] = fopen (fnamptr
[files_open
], "r");
208 if (fileptr
[files_open
] == NULL
)
209 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", fnamptr
[files_open
]);
210 else if (fileno (fileptr
[files_open
]) == 0)
215 fileptr
[files_open
] = ENDLIST
;
217 if (opened_stdin
&& have_read_stdin
)
218 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("standard input is closed"));
220 /* Read a line from each file and output it to stdout separated by a
221 delimiter, until we go through the loop without successfully
222 reading from any of the files. */
226 /* Set up for the next line. */
231 for (i
= 0; fileptr
[i
] != ENDLIST
&& files_open
; i
++)
233 line_length
= 0; /* Clear so we can easily detect EOF. */
234 if (fileptr
[i
] != CLOSED
)
236 chr
= getc (fileptr
[i
]);
237 if (chr
!= EOF
&& delims_saved
)
239 fwrite (delbuf
, sizeof (char), delims_saved
, stdout
);
249 chr
= getc (fileptr
[i
]);
253 if (line_length
== 0)
255 /* EOF, read error, or closed file.
256 If an EOF or error, close the file and mark it in the list. */
257 if (fileptr
[i
] != CLOSED
)
259 if (ferror (fileptr
[i
]))
261 error (0, errno
, "%s", fnamptr
[i
]);
264 if (fileptr
[i
] == stdin
)
265 clearerr (fileptr
[i
]); /* Also clear EOF. */
266 else if (fclose (fileptr
[i
]) == EOF
)
268 error (0, errno
, "%s", fnamptr
[i
]);
276 if (fileptr
[i
+ 1] == ENDLIST
)
278 /* End of this output line.
279 Is this the end of the whole thing? */
282 /* No. Some files were not closed for this line. */
285 fwrite (delbuf
, sizeof (char), delims_saved
, stdout
);
290 continue; /* Next read of files, or exit. */
294 /* Closed file; add delimiter to `delbuf'. */
295 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
296 delbuf
[delims_saved
++] = *delimptr
;
297 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
303 /* Some data read. */
306 /* Except for last file, replace last newline with delim. */
307 if (fileptr
[i
+ 1] != ENDLIST
)
311 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
312 putc (*delimptr
, stdout
);
313 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
324 /* Perform serial paste on the NFILES files named in FNAMPTR.
325 Return 0 if no errors, 1 if one or more files could not be
329 paste_serial (int nfiles
, char **fnamptr
)
331 int errors
= 0; /* 1 if open or read errors occur. */
332 register int charnew
, charold
; /* Current and previous char read. */
333 register char *delimptr
; /* Current delimiter char. */
334 register FILE *fileptr
; /* Open for reading current file. */
336 for (; nfiles
; nfiles
--, fnamptr
++)
338 if (!strcmp (*fnamptr
, "-"))
345 fileptr
= fopen (*fnamptr
, "r");
348 error (0, errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
354 delimptr
= delims
; /* Set up for delimiter string. */
356 charold
= getc (fileptr
);
359 /* `charold' is set up. Hit it!
360 Keep reading characters, stashing them in `charnew';
361 output `charold', converting to the appropriate delimiter
362 character if needed. After the EOF, output `charold'
363 if it's a newline; otherwise, output it and then a newline. */
365 while ((charnew
= getc (fileptr
)) != EOF
)
367 /* Process the old character. */
370 if (*delimptr
!= EMPTY_DELIM
)
371 putc (*delimptr
, stdout
);
373 if (++delimptr
== delim_end
)
377 putc (charold
, stdout
);
382 /* Hit EOF. Process that last character. */
383 putc (charold
, stdout
);
389 if (ferror (fileptr
))
391 error (0, errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
394 if (fileptr
== stdin
)
395 clearerr (fileptr
); /* Also clear EOF. */
396 else if (fclose (fileptr
) == EOF
)
398 error (0, errno
, "%s", *fnamptr
);
409 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
414 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
418 Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from\n\
419 each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.\n\
420 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
422 -d, --delimiters=LIST reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs\n\
423 -s, --serial paste one file at a time instead of in parallel\n\
424 --help display this help and exit\n\
425 --version output version information and exit\n\
429 exit (status
== 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);
433 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
435 int optc
, exit_status
;
436 char default_delims
[2], zero_delims
[3];
438 program_name
= argv
[0];
439 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
440 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
441 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
445 delims
= default_delims
;
446 strcpy (delims
, "\t");
447 strcpy (zero_delims
, "\\0");
449 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "d:s", longopts
, (int *) 0))
458 /* Delimiter character(s). */
459 if (optarg
[0] == '\0')
460 optarg
= zero_delims
;
475 printf ("paste - %s\n", PACKAGE_VERSION
);
485 delim_end
= collapse_escapes (delims
);
488 exit_status
= paste_parallel (argc
- optind
, &argv
[optind
]);
490 exit_status
= paste_serial (argc
- optind
, &argv
[optind
]);
491 if (have_read_stdin
&& fclose (stdin
) == EOF
)
492 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "-");
493 if (ferror (stdout
) || fclose (stdout
) == EOF
)
494 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
495 exit (exit_status
== 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);