PASTE(1) General Commands Manual PASTE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

paste - Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**paste** \[OPTIONS] \[FILE]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-s**, **--serial**](#s)

paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

[**-d**, **--delimiters** *<LIST>*](#d)

reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

[**-z**, **--zero-terminated**](#z)

line delimiter is NUL, not newline

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

\[*FILE*] \[default: -]

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-12

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Document: paste(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils