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paste

Merge lines of files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste.
  • Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter:
    paste -s {{path/to/file}}
  • Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter:
    paste -s -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file}}
  • Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using TAB as delimiter:
    paste {{file1}} {{file2}}
  • Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using the specified delimiter:
    paste -d {{delimiter}} {{file1}} {{file2}}
  • Merge two files, with lines added alternatively:
    paste -d '\n' {{file1}} {{file2}}

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