NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       paste - merge lines of files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.

       -d, --delimiters=LIST
	      reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

       -s, --serial
	      paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

       -f, --first-eof
	      terminate after encountering the first EOF

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by David M. Ihnat.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       The full documentation for paste is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and paste programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

	      info paste

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0		   July 2001			      PASTE(1)