MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

paste(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities paste(1)
and file X contains:
x
y
z
then the command
paste A X
produces:
ax
by
cz
and the command
paste –s A X
produces:
abc
xyz
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are:
0 Successful completion.
1 Failure due to any of the following:
— missing input files
— too many files specified
— inability to open a file
2 Unknown command line option.
Messages
Message: file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: must specify input files
Cause: You did not specify any input files.
Action: Specify at least one input file.
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