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Merge lines of files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste.

  • Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter:

paste -s {{path/to/file}}

  • Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter:

paste -s -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file}}

  • Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using TAB as delimiter:

paste {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

  • Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using the specified delimiter:

paste -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

  • Merge two files, with lines added alternatively:

paste -d '\n' {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}