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NAME
       paste - merge lines of files

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

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

       Mandatory arguments to long options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

       -d, --delimiters=LIST
              reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for paste is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and paste programs  are  prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info paste

       should give you access to the complete manual.



paste 5.3.0              November 2004                 PASTE(1)