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37 .Nd merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
46 utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files,
47 replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a single tab
48 character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output.
49 If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
50 still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source
53 The options are as follows:
56 Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline
57 characters instead of the default tab.
60 are used circularly, i.e., when
62 is exhausted the first character from
65 This continues until a line from the last input file (in default operation)
66 or the last line in each file (using the
68 option) is displayed, at which
71 begins selecting characters from the beginning of
75 The following special characters can also be used in list:
77 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
85 Empty string (not a null character).
88 Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the
91 Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line
93 The newline character of every line except the last line in each input
94 file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by
102 is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard
103 input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
109 List the files in the current directory in three columns:
111 .Dl "ls | paste - - -"
113 Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
115 .Dl "paste -s -d '\et\en' myfile"
117 Number the lines in a file, similar to
120 .Dl "sed = myfile | paste - -"
122 Create a colon-separated list of directories named
127 environment variable:
129 .Dl "find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -"
136 utility is expected to be
142 command first appeared in
144 and has been available since
148 The original Bell Labs version was written by
149 .An Gottfried W. R. Luderer
153 .An Adam S. Moskowitz
155 .An Marciano Pitargue .