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.Dd October 8, 2015
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.Dt PASTE 1
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.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm paste
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.Nd merge lines of files in parallel or sequentially
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Fl d Ar list
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.Ar file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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reads single lines from each
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.Ar file
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and writes them into one line, replacing
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.Sy \en
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with
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.Sy \et
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except from the last
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.Ar file .
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This process is repeated until each
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.Ar file
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is starved, treating zero-reads as empty lines along the way.
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.Pp
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If
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.Ar file
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is '-',
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.Nm
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interprets it as stdin.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl d Ar list
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Replace
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.Sy \en
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with escaped characters from
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.Ar list
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by cycling through it.
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.It Fl s
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Read each
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.Ar file
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sequentially instead of in parallel.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cut 1
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.Sh STANDARDS
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POSIX.1-2013.
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