paste - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
paste [-s] [-d list] file...
Paste combines the corresponding lines of multiple files. Each line of each
file is printed seperated by tab (or by the characters listed in the -d
option).
paste accepts the following options:
- -d list
-
Define the column delimiters. Each character in this list will be used one
at a time, as a delimiter for the columns. If there are fewer characters
than columns, the characters will be repeated. Standard Perl special
characters (``\n'', ``\t'', etc.) are recognized.
- -s
-
Displays the output one file per row, rather than interleaving the lines of
the files.
The working of paste is not influenced by any environment variables.
paste has no known bugs, unless you count the use of eval EXPR. Getting it to
work under 'strict refs' would be nice, too.
$Log: paste,v $
Revision 1.0 1999/02/26 15:55:05 randy
Initial revision
The Perl implementation of paste
was written by Randy Yarger, randy.yarger@nextel.com.
This program is copyright by Randy Yarger 1999.
This program is free and open software. You may use, modify, distribute and
sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided
you do not restrict others to do the same.