The "paste" Utility
July 19, 1998
The "paste" utility
allows you to copy fields from a file and send them to standard
output. It is usually used to reorder fields in a file.
The "paste" utility follows the basic syntax
shown below:
paste -s -d[delimiter] filelist
Consider the example below in which we use the
cut utility to extract data from the "ls -l" command and then
paste that information back together using the paste utility.
![[paste Example]](Images/paste.gif)
As usual, the paste utility comes with its own set of
options.
| Options |
Description |
| -d[delimiter] |
The character that delimits fields |
| -s |
Causes the paste to traverse each file separately
and use the lines from each file for each column. |
![[paste -s Example]](Images/paste_option.gif)
![[paste delimit Example]](Images/paste_delimit.gif)
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