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mm(1): fixes bug with -a; mm.1, tests/mm.mk: changes to test regression in -a and -t
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.\" This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To see a copy of this license,
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.\" visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.
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.\"
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.TH MM 1 2024-07-14 "Harakit X.X.X"
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.TH MM 1 2025-11-01 "Harakit X.X.X"
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.SH NAME
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mm \(en middleman
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.\"
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@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Catenate input files and write them to the start of each output file or stream.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP \fB-a\fP
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Opens outputs for appending rather than updating.
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Opens outputs for appending rather than updating. Implies the
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.B -t
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option.
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.IP \fB-e\fP
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Use the standard error as an output.
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.IP \fB-t\fP
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@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ unncessary.
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.\"
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.SH HISTORY
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The \fB-t\fP option was originally the reverse functionality, as the default
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behavior was to overwrite outputs. This was deemed counterintuitive and the
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default behavior was changed.
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This utility originally had a \fB-u\fP option for compatibility with cat(1p),
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but this option is almost always default behavior in practice; therefore, it
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was dropped both for simplicity and to expand the
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