PASTE linux command manual

PASTE(1)                      User Commands                        PASTE(1)



NAME
       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 output.  With  no  FILE,  or
       when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory  arguments  to  long options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -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 .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.   There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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

              info coreutils paste

       should give you access to the complete manual.



paste (coreutils) 5.2.1            May 2004                          PASTE(1)