Merge lines of files.

Synopsis

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

Description

Writes lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, reads standard input.

Options

-d, --delimiters=LIST Reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs.

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

--help Display help and exit.

Examples

$ paste file1 file2

Merge file1 and file2 side by side.

$ paste -d, file1 file2

Use a comma as the delimiter.

$ paste -s file1

Paste all lines of file1 onto one line.

$ paste - - < file

Paste pairs of lines from a single file.

See Also

column, join, cut