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NAME
       paste - merge lines of files

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

DESCRIPTION
       Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.  With
       no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

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

       -d, --delimiters=LIST
	      reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

       -s, --serial
	      paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report paste bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: 
       General help using GNU software: 
       Report paste translation bugs to 

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2011   Free   Software	Foundation,   Inc.    License	GPLv3+:   GNU	GPL    version	  3    or    later
       .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for paste is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and paste programs are properly installed
       at your site, the command

	      info coreutils 'paste invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb				  September 2011						  PASTE(1)