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.TH PASTE 1
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.SH NAME
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paste \- paste multiple files together
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBpaste\fR [\fB\-s\fR]\fR [\fB\-d\fI list\fR] \fIfile...\fR
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.br
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.de FL
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.TP
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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\\$2
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..
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.de EX
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.TP 20
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\\fB\\$1\\fR
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# \\$2
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..
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 5
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.B \-d
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# Set delimiter used to separate columns to \fIlist\fR.
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.TP 5
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.B \-s
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# Print files sequentially, file \fIk\fR on line \fIk\fR.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP 20
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.B paste file1 file2
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# Print \fIfile1\fR in col 1, \fIfile2\fR in col 2
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.TP 20
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.B paste \-s f1 f2
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# Print \fIf1\fR on line 1 and \fIf2\fR on line 2
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.TP 20
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.B paste -d : file1 file2
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# Print the lines separated by a colon
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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\fIPaste\fR concatenates corresponding lines of the given input files
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and writes them to standard output. The lines of the different files
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are separated by the delimiters given with the option \-s\fR. If
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no list is given, a tab is substituted for every linefeed, except the last one.
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If end-of-file is hit on an input file, subsequent lines are empty.
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Suppose a set of \fIk\fR files each has one word per line.
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Then the \fIpaste\fR output will have \fIk\fR columns,
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with the contents of file \fIj\fR in column \fIj\fR.
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If the \fB\-s\fR flag is given, then the first
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file is on line 1, the second file on line 2, etc.
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In effect, \fB\-s\fR turns the output sideways.
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.PP
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If a list of delimiters is given, they are used in turn. The C escape
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sequences \\n, \\t, \\\\, and \\0 are used for linefeed, tab, backslash, and
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the null string, respectively.
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