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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.

       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-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002 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.



paste (textutils) 2.1	    July 2002			 PASTE(1)