paste1
Merge lines of files
Usage
paste [OPTION] ...
[FILE] ...
Overview
Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output. The newline of every line except the line from the last file is replaced with a TAB.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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-d, --delimiters=LIST -
reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs; backslash escapes are supported
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-s, --serial -
paste one file at a time instead of in parallel; the newline of every line except the last line in each file is replaced with a TAB
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-z, --zero-terminated -
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
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--help -
display this help and exit
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--version -
output version information and exit
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.
--zero-terminated since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-z since Debian 9 (Stretch).
--first-eof until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-f until Debian 3.1 (Sarge).