HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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paste(1) paste(1)
ls | paste -d" " -
List directory in four columns
ls | paste ----
Combine pairs of lines into lines
paste -s -d"\t\n" file
Notes
pr -t -m... works similarly, but creates extra blanks, tabs and new-lines for a nice page layout.
DIAGNOSTICS
too many files Except for the -s
option, no more than OPEN_MAX − 3 input files can be
specified (see limits(5)).
AUTHOR
paste was developed by OSF and HP.
SEE ALSO
cut(1), grep(1), pr(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
paste: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005 − 2 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1−−691