1.\" $NetBSD: paste.1,v 1.7 2003/08/07 11:15:28 agc 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. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" from: @(#)paste.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" $NetBSD: paste.1,v 1.7 2003/08/07 11:15:28 agc Exp $ 36.\" 37.Dd June 6, 1993 38.Dt PASTE 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm paste 42.Nd merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl s 46.Op Fl d Ar list 47.Ar file ... 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files, 52replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a single tab 53character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output. 54If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files 55still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source 56of empty lines. 57.Pp 58The options are as follows: 59.Bl -tag -width Fl 60.It Fl d Ar list 61Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline 62characters instead of the default tab. 63The characters in 64.Ar list 65are used circularly, i.e., when 66.Ar list 67is exhausted the first character from 68.Ar list 69is reused. 70This continues until a line from the last input file (in default operation) 71or the last line in each file (using the -s option) is displayed, at which 72time 73.Nm 74begins selecting characters from the beginning of 75.Ar list 76again. 77.Pp 78The following special characters can also be used in list: 79.Pp 80.Bl -tag -width flag -compact 81.It Li \en 82newline character 83.It Li \et 84tab character 85.It Li \e\e 86backslash character 87.It Li \e0 88Empty string (not a null character). 89.El 90.Pp 91Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the 92character itself. 93.It Fl s 94Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line 95order. 96The newline character of every line except the last line in each input 97file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by 98the -d option. 99.El 100.Pp 101If 102.Ql Fl 103is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard 104input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly, 105for each instance of 106.Ql Fl . 107.Pp 108The 109.Nm 110utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs. 111.Sh SEE ALSO 112.Xr cut 1 113.Sh STANDARDS 114The 115.Nm 116utility is expected to be 117.St -p1003.2 118compatible. 119