<s>
paste	B-Device
is	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
command	I-Application
line	O
utility	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
join	B-Application
files	O
horizontally	O
(	O
parallel	O
merging	O
)	O
by	O
outputting	O
lines	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
sequentially	O
corresponding	O
lines	O
of	O
each	O
file	O
specified	O
,	O
separated	O
by	O
tabs	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
of	O
paste	B-Device
bundled	O
in	O
GNU	B-Application
coreutils	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
David	O
M	O
.	O
Ihnat	O
and	O
David	O
MacKenzie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
package	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
UnxUtils	B-Application
collection	O
of	O
native	B-Language
Win32	B-Library
ports	O
of	O
common	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
paste	B-Device
 [ options ] 	O
[	O
file1	O
..	O
]	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
potentially	O
useful	O
,	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
have	O
paste	B-Device
emit	O
an	O
alternate	O
string	O
for	O
a	O
missing	O
field	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
NA	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
not	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-d	O
|	O
--delimiters	O
delimiters	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
specifies	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
delimiters	B-Algorithm
to	O
be	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
tabs	O
for	O
separating	O
consecutive	O
values	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
in	O
turn	O
;	O
when	O
the	O
list	O
has	O
been	O
exhausted	O
,	O
begins	O
again	O
at	O
the	O
first	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
usage	O
of	O
both	O
,	O
the	O
command	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
concatenate	O
multiple	O
consecutive	O
lines	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
row	O
:	O
</s>
