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

-f, --first-eof
    terminate after encountering the first EOF

--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 © 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 PARTICULAR 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.