UPLABEL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: PD Text Utility
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NAME

uplabel - Text filter to generate multiple-up labels from 1-up label text.

SYNOPSIS

Command syntax:

uplabel [-ln][-sn][-un][-wn] {infile | - } [outfile]
-l number of lines per label, default -l6, max -l255
-s number of spaces between labels, default -s1, max -s255
-u number of columns up, default -u3, max -u255
-w width of columns, default -w26, except -w32 for 4-up, max -w255
if infile is '-', input is from stdin
default outfile is stdout

DESCRIPTION

Uplabel is a simple text filter which cuts-and-pastes blocks of input text into parallel columns. It is designed to format 1-up label text for multiple-up labels. The number of lines per label, which is a command-line parameter, determines how many input lines are to be read in for each label.
Input lines longer than the column width will be truncated.

CAVEATS

All characters in input are passed through to the output. Non-printable characters in the input text may cause unexpected results.

EXAMPLES

To format 4-up labels from an input file named labs, to an output file named lab4: uplabel -u4 labs lab4

NOTES

Compiled using Microsoft C 5.1. Uses getarg.c by D'Arcy J.M. Cain to handle the command line arguments. A makefile is included for ndmake.

AUTHOR

John Dudeck, SIM International, 19-Dec-90. Public Domain. Internet: simintl@rock.concert.net Easylink: 62013975

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