paste
merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
TLDR
Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter
Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter
Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using TAB as delimiter
Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using the specified delimiter
Merge two files, with lines added alternatively
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
- -z, --zero-terminated
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
- --help
display this help and exit
- --version
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) paste invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.