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 --- 20 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 131754 2004-07-07 19:57:16Z ru $ |
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 --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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 --- 80 unchanged lines hidden --- |