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/usr/bin/paste

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils.

From uutils 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running paste --help (exit 0). permalink

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

Usage: paste [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

Arguments:
  [FILE]...  [default: -]

Options:
  -s, --serial             paste one file at a time instead of in parallel
  -d, --delimiters <LIST>  reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs
  -z, --zero-terminated    line delimiter is NUL, not newline
  -h, --help               Print help
  -V, --version            Print version
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-s, --serialpaste one file at a time instead of in parallelhelp + man
-d, --delimiters LISTreuse characters from LIST instead of TABshelp + man
-z, --zero-terminatedline delimiter is NUL, not newlinehelp + man
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.