paste - Unix, Linux Command


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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.

TagDescription
-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-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

paste is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and paste programs are properly installed at your site, the command
TagDescription
info paste
should give you access to the complete manual.
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