Name
paste
Synopsis
paste [options
]files
Merges corresponding lines of one or more
files
into vertical columns, separated by
a tab. See also cut
, join
, and
pr
.
Options
-
-
Replace a filename with the standard input.
-
-d
'char
' Separate columns with
char
instead of a tab.char
can be any regular character or the following escape sequences:You can separate columns with different characters by supplying more than one
char
:-
\n
Newline
-
\t
Tab
-
\
Backslash
-
\0
Empty string
-
-
-s
Merge subsequent lines from one file.
Examples
Create a three-column file from files x
,
y
, and z
:
$paste
x y z
>
file
List users in two columns:
$ who | paste - -
Merge each pair of lines into one line:
$ paste -s -d"\t\n" list
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