.TH pad 1 "Mar 2014" "plc-utils-2.1.6" "Qualcomm Atheros Powerline Toolkit"

.SH NAME
pad - file pad utility

.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR pad
.RI [ options ]
.IR file 
.RI [ file ]
.RI [ ... ]

.PP
.BR pad
.RI [ options ]
.RI [< stdin ]
.RI [> stdout ]

.SH DESCRIPTION

.SH OPTIONS

.TP
-\fBb \fIblocksize\fR
The blocksize in bytes.
Each input file is padded to an even multiple of bytes and appended to stdout.
The effect is stdout will be a multiple of blocksize bytes.
The default blocksize is \fB4\fR bytes.

.TP
.BR -q
Enable quiet mode which has no effect.

.TP
.RB - v
Append the input filename to each line of program output.

.TP
.RB - ? ,-- help
Print program help summary on stdout.
This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.

.TP
.RB - ! ,-- version
Print program version information on stdout.
This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.
Use this option when sending screen dumps to Atheros Technical Support so that they know exactly which version of the Linux Toolkit you are using.

.SH ARGUMENTS

.TP
.IR file
A filename.
No assumptions are made based on filename and no filename conventions are enforced.
More than one filename may appear on the command line.
If no filename appears then input is read from stdin.

.SH EXAMPLES
None.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pad ( 1 )

.SH CREDITS
 Charles Maier <cmaier@qca.qualcomm.com>