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diff --git a/util/sbase/paste.1 b/util/sbase/paste.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7b26130f --- /dev/null +++ b/util/sbase/paste.1 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.Dd October 8, 2015 +.Dt PASTE 1 +.Os sbase +.Sh NAME +.Nm paste +.Nd merge lines of files in parallel or sequentially +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl s +.Op Fl d Ar list +.Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +reads single lines from each +.Ar file +and writes them into one line, replacing +.Sy \en +with +.Sy \et +except from the last +.Ar file . +This process is repeated until each +.Ar file +is starved, treating zero-reads as empty lines along the way. +.Pp +If +.Ar file +is '-', +.Nm +interprets it as stdin. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d Ar list +Replace +.Sy \en +with escaped characters from +.Ar list +by cycling through it. +.It Fl s +Read each +.Ar file +sequentially instead of in parallel. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cut 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2013. |