NAME
    paste - merge lines of files

SYNOPSIS
    paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
    Write lines consisting  of the sequentially corresponding lines from
    each FILE, separated by TABs, to standard output.  With  no FILE, or
    when FILE is -, read standard input.

    Mandatory arguments to  long options are mandatory for short options
    too.

    -d, --delimiters=LIST
    reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs

    -s, --serial
    paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
    Written by David M. Ihnat and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for paste is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
    the info and paste programs are properly installed at your site, the
    command

    info paste

    should give you access to the complete manual.