ppaassttee -- Command

Merge lines of files
ppaassttee [-ss] [-dd _l_i_s_t] _f_i_l_e ...

ppaassttee merges  corresponding lines from  multiple input files.   By default,
ppaassttee uses  the <ttaabb>  character to  delineate texts from  different files.
ppaassttee writes the merged text to standard output; thus, ppaassttee can be used at
the head of a shell pipeline.

If ppaassttee  reads EOF  from any  of the input  files while other  files still
contain data,  it substitutes blank lines  as input from the  file that has
ended.

_O_p_t_i_o_n_s
ppaassttee recognizes the following command-line options:

-dd _l_i_s_t
    Use  the  characters  in  _l_i_s_t  to  separate the  output  fields.   The
    characters in  _l_i_s_t are  taken in  sequence and used  circularly, i.e.,
    taken in order until the end  of _l_i_s_t is reached, then returning to the
    first character  in _l_i_s_t. Normally,  ppaassttee uses the  <ttaabb> character to
    delineate the  output fields.   The following character  sequences have
    special meaning when encountered in _l_i_s_t:

    \\  Output a single backslash character
    \tt  Output a <ttaabb> character
    \nn  Output a <nneewwlliinnee> character
    \00  Output a null string (i.e., no separator between output fields)


-ss  Output successive lines from each input _f_i_l_e across the page, with each
    input line  separated from  the next by  a <ttaabb> character.   After all
    input lines  from a  given file  have been concatenated,  terminate the
    output line  with a <nneewwlliinnee>  character and repeat the  process on the
    next input file.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e
The  following  two files  will  be used  for  subsequent examples.   FFiillee11
contains:

     File1_Line1
     File1_Line2
     File1_Line3
     File1_Line4

FFiillee22 contains:

     File2_Line1
     File2_Line2
     File2_Line3
     File2_Line4

The command

     paste File1 File2

generates the following output:

     File1_Line1  File2_Line1
     File1_Line2  File2_Line2
     File1_Line3  File2_Line3
     File1_Line4  File2_Line4

Adding the option -ss yields the output:

     File1_Line1  File1_Line2 File1_Line3  File1_Line4
     File2_Line1  File2_Line2 File2_Line3  File2_Line4

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_N_o_t_e_s
ppaassttee is copyright (c) 1989 by The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.

ppaassttee is distributed as a service  to COHERENT customers, as is.  It is not
supported by Mark Williams Company.  _C_a_v_e_a_t _u_t_i_l_i_t_o_r.
