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


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