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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/strfile.8 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/strfile.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/strfile.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..607d02a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/strfile.8 @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: strfile.8,v 1.16 2013/09/19 00:58:11 uwe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Ken Arnold. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)strfile.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd January 17, 2010 +.Dt STRFILE 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm strfile , +.Nm unstr +.Nd "create a random access file for storing strings" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl iorsx +.Op Fl c Ar char +.Ar source_file +.Op Ar output_file +.Nm unstr +.Ar source_file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +reads a file containing groups of lines separated by a line containing +a single percent +.Ql \&% +sign and creates a data file which contains +a header structure and a table of file offsets for each group of lines. +This allows random access of the strings. +.Pp +The output file, if not specified on the command line, is named +.Ar source_file Ns Sy .dat . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width "-c char" +.It Fl c Ar char +Change the delimiting character from the percent sign to +.Ar char . +.It Fl i +Ignore case when ordering the strings. +.It Fl o +Order the strings in alphabetical order. +The offset table will be sorted in the alphabetical order of the +groups of lines referenced. +Any initial non-alphanumeric characters are ignored. +This option causes the +.Dv STR_ORDERED +bit in the header +.Fa str_flags +field to be set. +.It Fl r +Randomize access to the strings. +Entries in the offset table will be randomly ordered. +This option causes the +.Dv STR_RANDOM +bit in the header +.Fa str_flags +field to be set. +.It Fl s +Run silently; don't give a summary message when finished. +.It Fl x +Note that each alphabetic character in the groups of lines is rotated +13 positions in a simple caesar cipher. +This option causes the +.Dv STR_ROTATED +bit in the header +.Fa str_flags +field to be set. +.El +.Pp +The format of the header is: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#define VERSION 1 +unsigned long str_version; /* version number */ +unsigned long str_numstr; /* # of strings in the file */ +unsigned long str_longlen; /* length of longest string */ +unsigned long str_shortlen; /* length of shortest string */ +#define STR_RANDOM 0x1 /* randomized pointers */ +#define STR_ORDERED 0x2 /* ordered pointers */ +#define STR_ROTATED 0x4 /* rot-13'd text */ +unsigned long str_flags; /* bit field for flags */ +char str_delim; /* delimiting character */ +.Ed +.Pp +All fields are written in big-endian byte order. +.Pp +The purpose of +.Nm unstr +is to undo the work of +.Nm . +It prints out the strings contained in the file +.Ar source_file +in the order that they are listed in the header file +.Ar source_file Ns Sy .dat +to standard output. +It is possible to create sorted versions of input files by using +.Fl o +when +.Nm +is run and then using +.Nm unstr +to dump them out in the table order. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width strfile.out -compact +.It Pa strfile.dat +default output file. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr byteorder 3 , +.Xr fortune 6 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . |
