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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt PASTE 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm paste
	6 .Nd merge lines of files in parallel or sequentially
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl s
	10 .Op Fl d Ar list
	11 .Ar file ...
	12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	13 .Nm
	14 reads single lines from each
	15 .Ar file
	16 and writes them into one line, replacing
	17 .Sy \en
	18 with
	19 .Sy \et
	20 except from the last
	21 .Ar file .
	22 This process is repeated until each
	23 .Ar file
	24 is starved, treating zero-reads as empty lines along the way.
	25 .Pp
	26 If
	27 .Ar file
	28 is '-',
	29 .Nm
	30 interprets it as stdin.
	31 .Sh OPTIONS
	32 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	33 .It Fl d Ar list
	34 Replace
	35 .Sy \en
	36 with escaped characters from
	37 .Ar list
	38 by cycling through it.
	39 .It Fl s
	40 Read each
	41 .Ar file
	42 sequentially instead of in parallel.
	43 .El
	44 .Sh SEE ALSO
	45 .Xr cut 1
	46 .Sh STANDARDS
	47 The
	48 .Nm
	49 utility is compliant with the
	50 .St -p1003.1-2013
	51 specification.