1.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Adam S. Moskowitz and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
6.\" Engineers, Inc.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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29.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
30.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
31.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
32.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
33.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
34.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
35.\"
36.\" @(#)paste.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
37.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 131076 2004-06-25 01:48:43Z tjr $
38.\"
39.Dd June 25, 2004
40.Dt PASTE 1
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm paste
44.Nd merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
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54replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a single tab
55character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output.
56If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
57still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source
58of empty lines.
59.Pp
60The options are as follows:
61.Bl -tag -width Fl
62.It Fl d Ar list
63Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline
64characters instead of the default tab.
65The characters in
66.Ar list
67are used circularly, i.e., when
68.Ar list
69is exhausted the first character from
70.Ar list
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2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Adam S. Moskowitz and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
6.\" Engineers, Inc.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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29.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
30.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
31.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
32.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
33.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
34.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
35.\"
36.\" @(#)paste.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
37.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 131076 2004-06-25 01:48:43Z tjr $
38.\"
39.Dd June 25, 2004
40.Dt PASTE 1
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm paste
44.Nd merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
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54replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a single tab
55character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output.
56If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
57still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source
58of empty lines.
59.Pp
60The options are as follows:
61.Bl -tag -width Fl
62.It Fl d Ar list
63Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline
64characters instead of the default tab.
65The characters in
66.Ar list
67are used circularly, i.e., when
68.Ar list
69is exhausted the first character from
70.Ar list
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