NAME

	ssam – stream interface to sam

SYNOPSIS

	ssam [ −n ] [ −e script ] [ −f sfile ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION

	Ssam copies the named files (standard input default) to the standard output, edited by a script of sam commands (q.v.). When the script starts, the entire input is selected. The −f option causes the script to be taken from file sfile. If there is a −e option and no −f, the flag −e may be omitted. The −n option suppresses the default output.

EXAMPLES

	ssam −n ,10p file Print first 10 lines of file. ssam 'y/[a−zA−Z]+/ c/\n/' *.ms Print one word per line. ssam 's/\n\n+/\n/g' Delete empty lines from standard input. ssam 's/UNIX/& system/g' Replace every instance of UNIX by UNIX system. ssam 'y/[a−zA−Z]+/ c/\n/' | grep . Count frequency of words read from standard input.

SOURCE

	/usr/local/plan9/bin/ssam

SEE ALSO

	sed(1), sam(1), regexp(7) Rob Pike, “The text editor sam”.

BUGS

	Ssam consumes all of standard input before running the script.