




Command:   paste - paste multiple files together
Syntax:    paste [-s] [-d list] file...
Flags:     -d  Set delimiter used to separate columns to list.
           -s  Print files sequentially, file k on line k.
Examples:  paste file1 file2        # Print file1 in col 1, file2 in col
                                      2
           paste -s f1 f2           # Print f1 on line 1 and f2 on  line
                                      2
           paste -d : file1 file2   # Print the  lines  separated  by  a
                                      colon

     Paste concatenates corresponding lines of the given input files and
writes  them  to  standard  output. The lines of the different files are
separated by the delimiters given with the option  -s.  If  no  list  is
given, a tab is substituted for every linefeed, except the last one.  If
end-of-file is hit  on  an  input  file,  subsequent  lines  are  empty.
Suppose  a  set  of  k  files each has one word per line. Then the paste
output will have k columns, with the contents of file j in column j.  If
the  -s flag is given, then the first file is on line 1, the second file
on line 2, etc. In effect, -s turns the output sideways.

     If a list of delimiters is given, they are used  in  turn.   The  C
escape  sequences  \n,  \t,  \\,  and  \0  are  used  for linefeed, tab,
backslash, and the null string, respectively.


































                                                                        

