paste - merge lines of files


SYNOPSIS

       paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...


DESCRIPTION

       Write  lines  consisting of the sequentially corresponding
       lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard  out­
       put.   With  no  FILE,  or  when  FILE is -, read standard
       input.

       -d, --delimiters=LIST
              reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

       -s, --serial
              paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit


AUTHOR

       Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi­
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for paste is maintained as  a  Tex­
       info  manual.  If the info and paste programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info paste

       should give you access to the complete manual.


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