PASTE

paste − merge lines of files

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

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.

−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

Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.

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

Copyright © 1999 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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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 paste

should give you access to the complete manual.