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PASTE(1)			  User Commands 			PASTE(1)

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

     -z, --zero-terminated
	    line delimiter is NUL, not newline

     --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
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) paste invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.9		  November 2025 			PASTE(1)

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