[Ilugc] One Day One Command (PASTE)

[Bharathi Subramanian]

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One Day One Command :-
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paste - Merge lines of files.

Summary :

Paste write the lines from files in parallel and sequential manner in
the screen. By default, Lines will separated by a TAB character.

Examples :

$ paste f1 f2 f3 -- Contents of the f1,f2 & f3 will be pasted in 
                    parallel and lines are separated by TABs.

$ paste -d'#' f1 f2 f3 -- Same as above. But # is the separator.

$ paste -d'@#' f1 f2 f3 -- Same as above. But the separator for f1 & 
                           f2 is @ and for f2 & f3 is #.

$ paste -s f1 f2 -- Paste one file at a time instead of in parallel 
                    (as in above commands)

$ paste num word > myfile -- Paste the content of num & word and write 
                             the output into myfile.

Read : man paste

Bye :)
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Bharathi S
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