The paste command

The paste command merges each file by columns in a column-by-column manner.

Syntax

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

Options

  • -d, --delimiters=[LIST]: Replace TAB characters with the specified delimiter characters.
  • -s, --serial: Paste one file at a time instead of in parallel.
  • -z, --zero-terminated: The line delimiter is NUL instead of newline.
  • --help: Display this help and exit.
  • --version: Output version information and exit.

Examples

Merge the /tmp/file1.txt and /tmp/file2.txt files by columns.

paste /tmp/file1.txt /tmp/file2.txt

Merge the /tmp/file1.txt and /tmp/file2.txt files by columns and append to /tmp/file3.txt.

paste /tmp/file1.txt /tmp/file2.txt >> /tmp/file3.txt

Merge the /tmp/file1.txt and /tmp/file2.txt files by columns and specify the delimiter as -.

paste -d - /tmp/file1.txt /tmp/file2.txt

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References

https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-paste-command/ https://www.runoob.com/linux/linux-comm-paste.html https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix_commands/paste.htm
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