flow-merge(1)

flow-merge(1) General Commands Manual flow-merge(1)

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NAME

6       flow-merge — Merge flow files.
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SYNOPSIS

9       flow-merge  [-aghm]   [-b  big|little]   [-C comment]  [-d debug_level]
10       [-o filename]  [-z z_level]  [file|directory ...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The flow-merge utility processes files and/or directories of  files  in
14       the flow-tools format.  The resulting merged data set is written to the
15       standard output or file specified by -o.  If  file  is  a  single  dash
16       (`-')  or absent, flow-merge will read from the standard input.  Unlike
17       flow-cat, flow-merge interleaves flow records preserving  the  relative
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OPTIONS

21       -a        Do not ignore filenames that begin with tmp.
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23       -b big|little
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32       -g        Sort file list by capture start time before processing.
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36       -m        Disable the use of mmap().
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38       -p        Preload  headers.   Use  to preserve meta information such as
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44                 Configure compression level to  z_level.  0 is  disabled  (no
45                 compression), 9 is highest compression.
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EXAMPLES

51       Merge all flow files begining with ft-v05.2001-05.01, use flow-print to
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54           flow-merge ft-v05.2001-05-01.* | flow-print
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BUGS

57       None known.
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AUTHOR

60       Larry Lidz ellidz@eridu.uchicago.edu
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