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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  out-
       put.   With  no  FILE,  or  when  FILE is -, read standard
       input.

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

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

       -f, --first-eof
              terminate after encountering the first EOF

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David M. Ihnat.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       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 properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info paste

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0           July 2001                    PASTE(E)