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$ whatis paste

paste paste (1) - merge lines of files

paste paste (1) - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files

Examples:

In the examples below, I am creating the file1.txt, file2.txt and file3.txt and then I paste the contents of them to the screen, or a second file1 and file2.txt, or file1-3.txt and then display the results for verification.

$ echo "content of file one" > file1.txt

$ echo "content of file two" > file2.txt

$ ls -ld file?.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 wahid staff 20 2010-12-26 22:54 file1.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 wahid staff 20 2010-12-26 22:54 file2.txt

$ cat file1.txt

content of file one

$ cat file2.txt

content of file two

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt

content of file one content of file two

$ cat file1.txt

content of file one

$ cat file2.txt

content of file two

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt > file1-and-file2.txt

$ cat file1-and-file2.txt

content of file one content of file two

$ echo "content of file three" > file3.txt

$ cat file3.txt

content of file three

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt > file1-3.txt

$ cat file1-3.txt

content of file one content of file two content of file three

Please click on "man paste " to see the Manual Page for this command.

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$ whatis paste

paste paste (1) - merge lines of files

paste paste (1) - merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files

Examples:

$ echo "content of file one" > file1.txt

$ echo "content of file two" > file2.txt

$ ls -ld file?.txt

$ cat file1.txt

$ cat file2.txt

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt

$ cat file1.txt

$ cat file2.txt

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt > file1-and-file2.txt

$ cat file1-and-file2.txt

$ echo "content of file three" > file3.txt

$ cat file3.txt

$ paste file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt > file1-3.txt

$ cat file1-3.txt