060-the-paste-command.md

The paste command

The paste command writes lines of two or more files, sequentially and separated by TABs, to the standard output

Syntax:

paste [OPTIONS]... [FILE]...

Examples:

1. To paste two files

paste file1 file2

2. To paste two files using new line as delimiter

paste -d '\n' file1 file2

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:

Short Flag	Long Flag	Description
-d	--delimiter	use charater of TAB
-s	--serial	paste one file at a time instead of in parallel
-z	--zero-terminated	set line delimiter to NUL, not newline
	--help	print command help
	--version	print version information