jak@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (01/11/84)
Now in /usr/new on 4.2BSD systems: jot - print sequential or random data rs - reshape a data array lam - laminate files Jot prints increasing, decreasing, random, or redundant sequences (bounded or unbounded) of numbers or characters; eg, it can be used to generate the ASCII character set, ed(1) commands, a file of length N, the yes(1) command, etc. Rs by default converts stream output into columns for CRT viewing (eg, who | rs); otherwise makes an array of a given size (eg, jot 100 | rs 10 10), and can be used to sort multi-line fields. Lam is the counterpart of cat, but for joining files side-by-side; bizarre applications include merging the lines of N files, and form letters. The sources are on the 4.2 distribution tape in the user-contributed software under 'tools'. John Kunze