interlace(USP)

Name

interlace : Merges records alternating rows

Synopsis

Usage   : interlace <file1> <file2> ...

Version : Tue Jan  9 09:02:34 JST 2024

Edition : 1

Description

Merges records from <file1> <file2> ... one record at a time in

round robin style.  If the end of any file has been reached, that

file is skipped on subsequent rounds and the merge continues until

all rows in all files have been merged.

Example 1

$ cat file1

a

b

c

$ cat file2

A

B

C

D

$ cat file3

1

2

3

4

5

$ interlace file1 file2 file3

a

A

1

b

B

2

c

C

3

D

4

5