acctmerg(1M)                                            acctmerg(1M)


       NAME
             acctmerg - merge or add total accounting files

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/lib/acct/acctmerg [-a] [-i] [-p] [-t] [-u] [-v] [file] . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             acctmerg reads its standard input and up to nine additional
             files, all in the tacct format [see acct(4)] or an ASCII
             version thereof.  It merges these inputs by adding records
             whose keys (normally user ID and name) are identical, and
             expects the inputs to be sorted on those keys.  Options are:

             -a    Produce output in ASCII version of tacct.

             -i    Input files are in ASCII version of tacct.

             -p    Print input with no processing.

             -t    Produce a single record that totals all input.

             -u    Summarize by user ID, rather than user ID and name.

             -v    Produce output in verbose ASCII format, with more
                   precise notation for floating-point numbers.

       EXAMPLES
             The following sequence is useful for making ``repairs'' to any
             file kept in this format:

                   acctmerg -v < file1 > file2

             Edit file2 as desired . . .

                   acctmerg -i < file2 > file1

       REFERENCES
             acct(1M), acct(2), acctcms(1M), acctcom(1), acctcon(1M),
             acctprc(1M), acctsh(1M), fwtmp(1M), runacct(1M), acct(4),
             utmp(4)








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