PASTE(1) PASTE(1) paste - merge lines of files paste []... []... Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output. The newline of every line except the line from the last file is replaced with a TAB. , -, . . -d, --delimiters= reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs; backslash escapes are supported -s, --serial paste one file at a time instead of in parallel; the newline of every line except the last line in each file is replaced with a TAB -z, --zero-terminated , --help --version . . : bug-coreutils@gnu.org coreutils : : Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3+: 3 . : . , . ,,info '(coreutils) paste invocation'" ; 3 . . , - TODO <>. coreutils 9.11 2026 PASTE(1)