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/usr/bin/paste

GNU core utilities

From coreutils 9.12-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running paste --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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.
  -d, --delimiters=LIST
         reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs;
         backslash escapes are supported
  -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
  -z, --zero-terminated
         line delimiter is NUL, not newline
      --help
         display this help and exit
      --version
         output version information and exit

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) paste invocation'
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --delimiters LISTreuse characters from LIST instead of TABs;help + man
-s, --serialpaste one file at a time instead of in parallel;help + man
-z, --zero-terminatedline delimiter is NUL, not newlinehelp + man
--helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--versionoutput version information and exithelp + man

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