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- PASTE(1) Danix Utilities PASTE(1)
-
- NAME
- paste - joins lines of files
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- SYNOPSIS
- paste [ -d<dstring> ] files ...
- paste -s [ -d<dstring> ] file
-
- DESCRIPTION
- paste joins the lines of the given files, replacing the newlines in
- all but the last file with a tab character, by default. If a '-' is
- encountered in the file list, standard input is used as one of the
- files.
-
- <dstring> is an optional delimiter string from which delimiter
- characters are taken. If the delimiter string is exhausted
- and there are more files to process, characters are taken
- cyclically from the delimiter string. Special characters
- like space and tab need to be quoted from the shell. Special
- characters recognized are \0 (empty string), \n (newline),
- \t (tab), and \\ (backslash).
-
- -d Take delimiter from an alternate delimiter string
-
- -s Merge the lines in the one given file, separated by tabs or the
- characters in the given string of delimiters.
-
- EXAMPLES
- paste -d" " files ...
- join lines of files separating lines by a space
-
- paste -d"abc" files ...
- join lines of given files using characters a, b, and
- c cyclically until all files have been processed
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