paste(1) — Linux manual page

PASTE(1)                      User Commands                      PASTE(1)

NAME         top

       paste - merge lines of files

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines
       from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.  The
       newline of every line except the line from the last file is
       replaced with a TAB.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
       options too.

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#paste-d\-d, --delimiters=LIST]8;;\
              reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs; backslash
              escapes are supported

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#paste-s\-s, --serial]8;;\
              paste one file at a time instead of in parallel; the
              newline of every line except the last line in each file is
              replaced with a TAB

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#paste-z\-z, --zero-terminated]8;;\
              line delimiter is NUL, not newline

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste#paste--help\--help]8;;\ display this help and exit

       ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste#paste--version\--version]8;;\
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR         top

       Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS         top

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COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2026 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         top

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

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GNU coreutils 9.11              April 2026                       PASTE(1)

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