NAME

paste - pastes fields in files together

SYNOPSIS

paste [ d=list ] [ options ] [ file1 ... filen ]

spaste [ d=list ] [ options ] [ file1 ... filen ]

DESCRIPTION

Paste joins separate files by fields. It is the opposite of the program cut.

Paste joins corresponding lines of files creating a single line of text with a single character delimiter separating each field. The result is displayed on standard output.

OPTIONS

d=list: Where list specifies the list of field delimiters used to separate the fields on output. The fields from the list are used in a cyclic way. The first element in the list is always used for the delimiter after the first file. If the list includes a backslash (\), the next character is used with a special meaning:

\n: A newline is used as the delimiter.
\t: A TAB is used as the delimiter.
\\: A backslash is used as the delimiter.
\0: No delimiter is inserted.

The default delimiter is a single TAB.

-e: Do not output empty lines.
-s: Do not paste lines from all files but paste all lines from a single file. Start with the first entry from the delimiter list with the beginning of a new file.
width=#,w=#: Set the maximum output linewidth (default is to allow an "infinite" output line width).

NOTES

The maximum number of files that you can join together is 253.

BUGS

None currently known.

Mail bugs and suggestions to schilytools@mlists.in-berlin.de or open a ticket at https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/issues.

The mailing list archive may be found at:

https://mlists.in-berlin.de/mailman/listinfo/schilytools-mlists.in-berlin.de.

AUTHORS

Joerg Schilling and the schilytools project authors.

SOURCE DOWNLOAD

The source code for paste is included in the schilytools project and may be retrieved from the schilytools project at Codeberg at

https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools.

The download directory is

https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools/releases.