=head1 B<NAME>

B<xcoll> - Formats and consolidates the output of the B<psh>, B<rinv> commands.

=head1 B<SYNOPSIS>

B<xcoll> [B<-n>]

=head1 B<DESCRIPTION>

The  B<xcoll> command formats and consolidates output from the B<psh,rinv> command. The B<xcoll>
command takes, as input, lines in the following format:

groupname: line of output from remote command, will use group name, if defined

The B<xcoll> command formats the lines as follows and writes them  to
standard  output. Assume that the output from node3 and node4
is identical:

 ====================================
 node1 or nodegroup name
 ====================================
 .
 .
 lines from psh for node1 with hostnames stripped off
 .
 .

 ====================================
 node2 or nodegroup name
 ====================================
 .
 .
 lines from psh for node2 with hostnames stripped off
 .
 .

 ====================================
 node3, node4 or nodegroup name
 ====================================
 .
 .
 lines from psh for node 3 with hostnames stripped off
 .
 .

=head1 B<OPTIONS>

=over 3

=item B<-n>

Display output as nodenames instead of groupnames.

=head1 B<EXAMPLES>

=over 3

=item *

To  display the results of a command issued on several nodes, in
the format used in the Description, enter:

B<psh> I<node1,node2,node3 cat /etc/passwd> | B<xcoll>

=back

=head1 B<SEE ALSO>

L<psh(1)|psh.1>, L<xdshbak(1)|xdshbak.1> ,L<xdshcoll(1)|xdshcoll.1>