1PASTE(1) User Commands PASTE(1)
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6 paste - merge lines of files
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9 paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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12 Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from
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19 -d, --delimiters=LIST
20 reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs
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22 -s, --serial
23 paste one file at a time instead of in parallel
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25 --help display this help and exit
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27 --version
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31 Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.
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34 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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37 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
38 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
39 terms of the GNU General Public License
40 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
41 extent permitted by law.
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44 The full documentation for paste is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
45 the info and paste programs are properly installed at your site, the
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54GNU coreutils 6.9 March 2008 PASTE(1)