1.\" $NetBSD: paste.1,v 1.6 2002/02/08 01:36:30 ross Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" Adam S. Moskowitz and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 8.\" Engineers, Inc. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 19.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 20.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 21.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 22.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 23.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 24.\" without specific prior written permission. 25.\" 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 27.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 28.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 29.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 30.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 31.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 32.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 33.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 34.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 35.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 36.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 37.\" 38.\" from: @(#)paste.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 39.\" $NetBSD: paste.1,v 1.6 2002/02/08 01:36:30 ross Exp $ 40.\" 41.Dd June 6, 1993 42.Dt PASTE 1 43.Os 44.Sh NAME 45.Nm paste 46.Nd merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files 47.Sh SYNOPSIS 48.Nm 49.Op Fl s 50.Op Fl d Ar list 51.Ar file ... 52.Sh DESCRIPTION 53The 54.Nm 55utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files, 56replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a single tab 57character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output. 58If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files 59still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source 60of empty lines. 61.Pp 62The options are as follows: 63.Bl -tag -width Fl 64.It Fl d Ar list 65Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline 66characters instead of the default tab. 67The characters in 68.Ar list 69are used circularly, i.e., when 70.Ar list 71is exhausted the first character from 72.Ar list 73is reused. 74This continues until a line from the last input file (in default operation) 75or the last line in each file (using the -s option) is displayed, at which 76time 77.Nm 78begins selecting characters from the beginning of 79.Ar list 80again. 81.Pp 82The following special characters can also be used in list: 83.Pp 84.Bl -tag -width flag -compact 85.It Li \en 86newline character 87.It Li \et 88tab character 89.It Li \e\e 90backslash character 91.It Li \e0 92Empty string (not a null character). 93.El 94.Pp 95Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the 96character itself. 97.It Fl s 98Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line 99order. 100The newline character of every line except the last line in each input 101file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by 102the -d option. 103.El 104.Pp 105If 106.Ql Fl 107is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard 108input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly, 109for each instance of 110.Ql Fl . 111.Pp 112The 113.Nm 114utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs. 115.Sh SEE ALSO 116.Xr cut 1 117.Sh STANDARDS 118The 119.Nm 120utility is expected to be 121.St -p1003.2 122compatible. 123