paste.1 (a866e170777b42fd7921eadd6e7e664f3a031d60) paste.1 (6c7216df785592bb069469113f556dfd1946ed5d)
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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105.El
106.Pp
107If
108.Sq Fl
109is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard
110input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
111for each instance of
112.Sq Fl .
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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105.El
106.Pp
107If
108.Sq Fl
109is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard
110input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
111for each instance of
112.Sq Fl .
113.Sh EXIT STATUS
114.Ex -std
113.Sh EXAMPLES
114List the files in the current directory in three columns:
115.Pp
116.Dl "ls | paste - - -"
117.Pp
118Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
119.Pp
120.Dl "paste -s -d '\et\en' myfile"

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127Create a colon-separated list of directories named
128.Pa bin ,
129suitable
130for use in the
131.Ev PATH
132environment variable:
133.Pp
134.Dl "find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -"
115.Sh EXAMPLES
116List the files in the current directory in three columns:
117.Pp
118.Dl "ls | paste - - -"
119.Pp
120Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
121.Pp
122.Dl "paste -s -d '\et\en' myfile"

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129Create a colon-separated list of directories named
130.Pa bin ,
131suitable
132for use in the
133.Ev PATH
134environment variable:
135.Pp
136.Dl "find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -"
135.Sh EXIT STATUS
136.Ex -std
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr cut 1 ,
139.Xr lam 1
140.Sh STANDARDS
141The
142.Nm
143utility is expected to be
144.St -p1003.2
145compatible.
146.Sh HISTORY
147A
148.Nm
149command appeared in
150.At 32v .
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr cut 1 ,
139.Xr lam 1
140.Sh STANDARDS
141The
142.Nm
143utility is expected to be
144.St -p1003.2
145compatible.
146.Sh HISTORY
147A
148.Nm
149command appeared in
150.At 32v .